Epithelial-mesenchymal transition can suppress major attributes of human epithelial tumor-initiating cells
Celià-Terrassa T, Meca-Cortés Ó, Mateo F, de Paz A, Rubio N, Arnal-Estapé A, Ell B, Bermudo R, Díaz A, Guerra-Rebollo M, Lozano J, Estarás C, Ulloa C, ρlvarez-Simón D, Milà J, Vilella R, Paciucci R, Martínez-Balbás M, de Herreros A, Gomis R, Kang Y, Blanco J, Fernández P, Thomson T. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition can suppress major attributes of human epithelial tumor-initiating cells. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2012, 122: 1849-1868. PMID: 22505459, PMCID: PMC3366719, DOI: 10.1172/jci59218.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, DifferentiationCadherinsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ShapeCoculture TechniquesEpithelial CellsEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred NODMice, SCIDNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingNeoplasm TransplantationProstatic NeoplasmsRepressor ProteinsSnail Family Transcription FactorsSpheroids, CellularTranscription FactorsTwist-Related Protein 1Urinary Bladder NeoplasmsZinc Finger E-box-Binding Homeobox 1ConceptsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionDistant metastasisSelf-renewalGene programTumor-initiating cellsEpithelial-mesenchymal transition programProstate cancer cellsIn vitro invasionPrimary implantation sitesHuman cellular modelsMetastatic populationBladder cancerTumor subpopulationsLocal invasionMesenchymal-likeEpithelial featuresMetastatic phenotypeNeoplastic cellsMalignant progressionImplantation sitesMesenchymal traitsEMT factorsCancer cellsMesenchymal genesIn vivo