Elevation of Twist expression by arecoline contributes to the pathogenesis of oral submucous fibrosis
Oral submucous fibrosis (OSF), a chronic progressive scarring disease, has been considered as a precancerous condition of oral mucosa. In this study, we investigated the functional role of Twist, an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) transcriptional factor, in myofibroblastic differentiation ac...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-05-01
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Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664615001795 |