TGF-β1-activated cancer-associated fibroblasts promote breast cancer invasion, metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition by autophagy or overexpression of FAP-α
Minli Huang, Mengru Fu, Jia Wang, Chunhua Xia, Hong Zhang, Yuqing Xiong, Jiake He, Jianming Liu, Bingchen Liu, Siyi Pan, Fanglan Liu
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AutophagyEpithelial–mesenchymal transitionCancer researchMetastasisVimentinCancer-Associated FibroblastsTumor microenvironmentTransforming growth factorGene knockdownCancer cellCancerTumor progressionBiologyChemistryMedicinePathologyCell cultureCell biologyInternal medicineImmunohistochemistryApoptosisTumor cellsGeneticsBiochemistryAutophagy in Disease and TherapyCancer Cells and MetastasisEpigenetics and DNA Methylation