Classification of circulating tumor cells by epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers.

In cancer, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is associated with metastasis. Characterizing EMT phenotypes in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been challenging because epithelial marker-based methods have typically been used for the isolation and detection of CTCs from blood samples. The aim...

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Main Authors: Shiyang Wu, Suyan Liu, Zhiming Liu, Jiefeng Huang, Xiaoyu Pu, Jing Li, Dinghua Yang, Haijun Deng, Ning Yang, Jiasen Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4409386?pdf=render