Vimentin regulates differentiation switch via modulation of keratin 14 levels and their expression together correlates with poor prognosis in oral cancer patients.

Vimentin is an intermediate filament protein, predominantly expressed in cells of mesenchymal origin, although its aberrant expression is seen in many carcinomas during epithelial mesenchymal transition. In cancer, vimentin expression is associated with the transition from a more differentiated epit...

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Main Authors: Crismita Dmello, Sharada Sawant, Hunain Alam, Prakash Gangadaran, Saie Mogre, Richa Tiwari, Zinia D'Souza, Manish Narkar, Rahul Thorat, Komal Patil, Devendra Chaukar, Shubhada Kane, Milind Vaidya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5321444?pdf=render