CD44s signals the acquisition of the mesenchymal phenotype required for anchorage-independent cell survival in hepatocellular carcinoma

CD44s Regulates the TGF- -Mediated Mesenchymal Phenotype and Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2012) K. Mima et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

EMT and Dissemination Precede Pancreatic Tumor Formation

(2012) Andrew D. Rhim et al.   CELL

Circulating stem cell-like epithelial cell adhesion molecule-positive tumor cells indicate poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection

(2012) Yun-Fan Sun et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Identification of CXCL5/ENA-78 as a factor involved in the interaction between cholangiocarcinoma cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts

(2012) Hirohisa Okabe et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Hepatocellular carcinoma

(2012) Alejandro Forner et al.   LANCET

Alternative splicing of CD44 mRNA by ESRP1 enhances lung colonization of metastatic cancer cell

(2012) Toshifumi Yae et al.   Nature Communications

Prediction of Posthepatectomy Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Circulating Cancer Stem Cells

(2011) Sheung Tat Fan et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

CD44 Variant Regulates Redox Status in Cancer Cells by Stabilizing the xCT Subunit of System xc− and Thereby Promotes Tumor Growth

(2011) Takatsugu Ishimoto et al.   CANCER CELL

Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation

(2011) Douglas Hanahan et al.   CELL

CD24+ Liver Tumor-Initiating Cells Drive Self-Renewal and Tumor Initiation through STAT3-Mediated NANOG Regulation

(2011) Terence Kin Wah Lee et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Successful isolation of liver progenitor cells by aldehyde dehydrogenase activity in naïve mice

(2011) Laurent Dollé et al.   HEPATOLOGY

CD44 splice isoform switching in human and mouse epithelium is essential for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and breast cancer progression

(2011) Rhonda L. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Bmi1promotes hepatic stem cell expansion and tumorigenicity in bothInk4a/Arf-dependent and -independent manners in Mice

(2010) Tetsuhiro Chiba et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Estimates of worldwide burden of cancer in 2008: GLOBOCAN 2008

(2010) Jacques Ferlay et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

CD13 is a therapeutic target in human liver cancer stem cells

(2010) Naotsugu Haraguchi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Eaten alive: a history of macroautophagy

(2010) Zhifen Yang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Hepatic Stellate Cells May Relate to Progression of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

(2009) Hirohisa Okabe et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Role of transforming growth factor β signaling and expansion of progenitor cells in regenerating liver

(2009) Arun Thenappan et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Comprehensive analysis of the independent effect of twist and snail in promoting metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

(2009) Muh-Hwa Yang et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Expression and functional significance of Twist1 in hepatocellular carcinoma: Its role in vasculogenic mimicry

(2009) Tao Sun et al.   HEPATOLOGY

A SNAIL1–SMAD3/4 transcriptional repressor complex promotes TGF-β mediated epithelial–mesenchymal transition

(2009) Theresa Vincent et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The EMT-activator ZEB1 promotes tumorigenicity by repressing stemness-inhibiting microRNAs

(2009) Ulrich Wellner et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Significance of CD90+ Cancer Stem Cells in Human Liver Cancer

(2008) Zhen Fan Yang et al.   CANCER CELL

The Polycomb Gene Product BMI1 Contributes to the Maintenance of Tumor-Initiating Side Population Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2008) T. Chiba et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

EpCAM and  -Fetoprotein Expression Defines Novel Prognostic Subtypes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

(2008) T. Yamashita et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Generates Cells with Properties of Stem Cells

(2008) Sendurai A. Mani et al.   CELL

EpCAM-Positive Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Are Tumor-Initiating Cells With Stem/Progenitor Cell Features

(2008) Taro Yamashita et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

The miR-200 family and miR-205 regulate epithelial to mesenchymal transition by targeting ZEB1 and SIP1

(2008) Philip A. Gregory et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Detection of Mutations inEGFRin Circulating Lung-Cancer Cells

(2008) Shyamala Maheswaran et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE