EMT, MET, plasticity, and tumor metastasis

B Bakir, AM Chiarella, JR Pitarresi, AK Rustgi - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer cell identity and plasticity are required in transition states, such as epithelial–
mesenchymal transition (EMT) and mesenchymal–epithelial transition (MET), in primary …

Defining the hallmarks of metastasis

DR Welch, DR Hurst - Cancer research, 2019 - aacrjournals.org
Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer morbidity and mortality. The process involves a
complex interplay between intrinsic tumor cell properties as well as interactions between …

Triple-negative breast cancer metastasis involves complex epithelial-mesenchymal transition dynamics and requires vimentin

EM Grasset, M Dunworth, G Sharma, M Loth… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive subtype associated with early
metastatic recurrence and worse patient outcomes. TNBC tumors express molecular …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts as abettors of tumor progression at the crossroads of EMT and therapy resistance

ME Fiori, S Di Franco, L Villanova, P Bianca, G Stassi… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
In the last decades, the role of the microenvironment in tumor progression and therapeutic
outcome has gained increasing attention. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have …

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 …

EMT and MET: necessary or permissive for metastasis?

MK Jolly, KE Ware, S Gilja, JA Somarelli… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) and its reverse mesenchymal‐to‐epithelial
transition (MET) have been suggested to play crucial roles in metastatic dissemination of …

Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes promote metastasis and therapy resistance across carcinomas

MK Jolly, JA Somarelli, M Sheth, A Biddle… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis and therapy resistance are the major unsolved clinical challenges, and
account for nearly all cancer-related deaths. Both metastasis and therapy resistance are …

EMT: Present and future in clinical oncology

PG Santamaria, G Moreno‐Bueno, F Portillo… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial/mesenchymal transition (EMT) has emerged as a key regulator of metastasis by
facilitating tumor cell invasion and dissemination to distant organs. Recent evidences …

Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotype (s): The 'fittest'for metastasis?

MK Jolly, SA Mani, H Levine - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2018 - Elsevier
Metastasis is the leading cause of mortality among cancer patients. Dissemination enabled
by an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of carcinoma cells has long been …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of phenotypic heterogeneity associated with EMT and stemness during cancer progression

MK Jolly, T Celià-Terrassa - Journal of clinical medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity contribute to the generation of diverse tumor cell
populations, thus enhancing cancer aggressiveness and therapy resistance. Compared to …