Downregulation of cytokeratin 18 induces cellular partial EMT and stemness through increasing EpCAM expression in breast cancer
Ruizan Shi, Linhong Liu, Fengge Wang, Yifan He, Yanan Niu, Chang Wang, Xuanping Zhang, Xiuli Zhang, Huifeng Zhang, Min Chen, Yan Wang
Topics & Concepts
Epithelial–mesenchymal transitionCancer researchCytokeratinDownregulation and upregulationGene knockdownCancer stem cellMetastasisEpithelial cell adhesion moleculeWnt signaling pathwayCancer cellBiologyBreast cancerCancerStem cellCell biologySignal transductionCell cultureImmunologyImmunohistochemistryGeneBiochemistryGeneticsCancer Cells and MetastasisWnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancerMetastasis and carcinoma case studies