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Twist, a Master Regulator of Morphogenesis, Plays an Essential Role in Tumor Metastasis

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A mechanistic link between Twist, EMT, and tumor metastasis is established, suggesting that Twist contributes to metastasis by promoting an epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2004-06-25 and is currently open access. It has received 3670 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Twist transcription factor & Metastasis.

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Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology

TL;DR: WWTR1 (also called TAZ in publications) is a WW domaing-containing transcriptional coactivator, which was first identified as a 14-3-3 binding protein that is involved in mesenchymal stem cell differentiation as well as tumorigenesis.
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Reprogramming Adult Schwann Cells to Stem Cell-like Cells by Leprosy Bacilli Promotes Dissemination of Infection

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that acquisition of these properties by pSLC promotes bacterial spread by two distinct mechanisms: direct differentiation to mesenchymal tissues, including skeletal and smooth muscles, and formation of granuloma-like structures and subsequent release of bacteria-laden macrophages.
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Mechanisms of Disease: fibroblasts—a new look at an old problem

TL;DR: New targets for the treatment of one of the most difficult problems facing clinical nephrology are identified and an advantage in shifting local cytokine balance to favor mesenchymal–epithelial transition is suggested.
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Expression of L1-CAM and ADAM10 in Human Colon Cancer Cells Induces Metastasis

TL;DR: DNA microarray analysis of genes induced by L1-CAM in colon cancer cells identified a cluster of genes also elevated in a large set of human colon carcinoma tissue samples, indicating that there is a gene program induced byL1- CAM in Colon cancer cells that is also present in colorectal cancer tissue and suggesting that L1,CAM can serve as target for colon cancer therapy.
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Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer

TL;DR: DNA microarray analysis on primary breast tumours of 117 young patients is used and supervised classification is applied to identify a gene expression signature strongly predictive of a short interval to distant metastases (‘poor prognosis’ signature) in patients without tumour cells in local lymph nodes at diagnosis, providing a strategy to select patients who would benefit from adjuvant therapy.
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Epithelial–mesenchymal transitions in tumour progression

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New functions for the matrix metalloproteinases in cancer progression

TL;DR: It is shown that the MMPs have functions other than promotion of invasion, have substrates other than components of the extracellular matrix, and that they function before invasion in the development of cancer.
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Involvement of chemokine receptors in breast cancer metastasis.

TL;DR: It is reported that the chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CCR7 are highly expressed in human breast cancer cells, malignant breast tumours and metastases and their respective ligands CXCL12/SDF-1α and CCL21/6Ckine exhibit peak levels of expression in organs representing the first destinations of breast cancer metastasis.
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The pathogenesis of cancer metastasis: the 'seed and soil' hypothesis revisited

TL;DR: It is now known that the potential of a tumour cell to metastasize depends on its interactions with the homeostatic factors that promote tumour-cell growth, survival, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis.
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