Podoplanin is indispensable for cell motility and platelet-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition-related gene expression in esophagus squamous carcinoma TE11A cells

Abstract Background The transmembrane glycoprotein podoplanin (PDPN) is upregulated in some tumors and has gained attention as a malignant tumor biomarker. PDPN molecules have platelet aggregation-stimulating domains and, are therefore, suggested to play a role in tumor-induced platelet activation,...

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Main Authors: Nobuo Watanabe, Masako Kidokoro, Makiko Tanaka, Shigeaki Inoue, Tomoatsu Tsuji, Hisako Akatuska, Chisa Okada, Yumi Iida, Yoshinori Okada, Yusuke Suzuki, Takehito Sato, Takashi Yahata, Noriaki Hirayama, Yoshihide Nakagawa, Sadaki Inokuchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12935-020-01328-2