Breast cancer as an example of tumour heterogeneity and tumour cell plasticity during malignant progression

F Lüönd, S Tiede, G Christofori - British journal of cancer, 2021‏ - nature.com
Heterogeneity within a tumour increases its ability to adapt to constantly changing
constraints, but adversely affects a patient's prognosis, therapy response and clinical …

Controversies around epithelial–mesenchymal plasticity in cancer metastasis

ED Williams, D Gao, A Redfern… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019‏ - nature.com
Experimental evidence accumulated over decades has implicated epithelial–mesenchymal
plasticity (EMP), which collectively encompasses epithelial–mesenchymal transition and the …

Distinct contributions of partial and full EMT to breast cancer malignancy

F Lüönd, N Sugiyama, R Bill, L Bornes, C Hager… - Developmental cell, 2021‏ - cell.com
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a transient, reversible process of cell de-
differentiation where cancer cells transit between various stages of an EMT continuum …

EMT, CSCs, and drug resistance: the mechanistic link and clinical implications

T Shibue, RA Weinberg - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2017‏ - nature.com
The success of anticancer therapy is usually limited by the development of drug resistance.
Such acquired resistance is driven, in part, by intratumoural heterogeneity—that is, the …

Emerging biological principles of metastasis

AW Lambert, DR Pattabiraman, RA Weinberg - Cell, 2017‏ - cell.com
Metastases account for the great majority of cancer-associated deaths, yet this complex
process remains the least understood aspect of cancer biology. As the body of research …

Context-dependent EMT programs in cancer metastasis

NM Aiello, Y Kang - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2019‏ - rupress.org
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental process whereby stationary,
adherent cells acquire the ability to migrate. EMT is critical for dramatic cellular movements …

Epithelial mesenchymal transition in tumor metastasis

V Mittal - Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Metastasis is the major cause of cancer-related deaths; therefore, the prevention and
treatment of metastasis are fundamental to improving clinical outcomes. Epithelial …

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is not required for lung metastasis but contributes to chemoresistance

KR Fischer, A Durrans, S Lee, J Sheng, F Li… - Nature, 2015‏ - nature.com
The role of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in metastasis is a longstanding
source of debate, largely owing to an inability to monitor transient and reversible EMT …

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition in tumor metastasis

KT Yeung, J Yang - Molecular oncology, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental program that enables
stationary epithelial cells to gain the ability to migrate and invade as single cells. Tumor cells …

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and metastasis: yes, no, maybe?

M Diepenbruck, G Christofori - Current opinion in cell biology, 2016‏ - Elsevier
An epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process of cell remodeling critical during
embryonic development and organogenesis. During an EMT, epithelial cells lose their …