Association of tumour-associated macrophages with cancer cell EMT, invasion, and metastasis of Kazakh oesophageal squamous cell cancer

Abstract Background Tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) play an important role in the growth, progression, and metastasis of tumours. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a mechanism for tumour invasion and metastasis. In this study, we aimed to determine whether TAMs can induce EMT for the i...

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Main Authors: Jihong Liu, Chunxiao Li, Liyan Zhang, Kai Liu, Xianli Jiang, Xueli Wang, Lan Yang, Weihua Liang, Kunping Liu, Jianming Hu, Feng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-019-0834-0