The role of adherens junction proteins in the initiation of ovarian cancer
Cells of the human ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) are plastic and uncommitted. Specifically, OSE cells do not express E-cadherin and they can shift between epithelial and stationary or mesenchymal and migratory phenotypes. In contrast, well differentiated, low grade ovarian carcinomas, which ar...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13050 |