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The molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of EMT in tumor progression and metastasis

Yuhe Huang, Weiqi Hong, Xiawei Wei

Journal of Hematology & Oncology · 2022 · Review · CC BY

doi:10.1186/s13045-022-01347-8

Abstract

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an essential process in normal embryonic development and tissue regeneration. However, aberrant reactivation of EMT is associated with malignant properties of tumor cells during cancer progression and metastasis, including promoted migration and invasiveness, increased tumor stemness, and enhanced resistance to chemotherapy and immunotherapy. EMT is tightly regulated by a complex network which is orchestrated with several intrinsic and extrinsic factors, including multiple transcription factors, post-translational control, epigenetic modifications, and noncoding RNA-mediated regulation. In this review, we described the molecular mechanisms, signaling pathways, and the stages of tumorigenesis involved in the EMT process and discussed the dynamic non-binary process of EMT and its role in tumor metastasis. Finally, we summarized the challenges of chemotherapy and immunotherapy in EMT and proposed strategies for tumor therapy targeting EMT.

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    Not in our library10.1016/j.ccr.2009.03.016

  100. 100.

    Du C, Zhang C, Hassan S, Biswas MH, Balaji KC. Protein kinase D1 suppresses epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition through phosphorylation of snail. Cancer Res. 2010;70:7810-7819.

    Not in our library10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-4481

  101. 101.

    Wu Y, Evers BM, Zhou BP. Small C-terminal domain phosphatase enhances snail activity through dephosphorylation. J Biol Chem. 2009;284:640-648.

    Not in our library10.1074/jbc.m806916200

  102. 102.

    Yang Z, Rayala S, Nguyen D, Vadlamudi RK, Chen S, Kumar R. Pak1 phosphorylation of snail, a master regulator of epithelial-to-mesenchyme transition, modulates snail's subcellular localization and functions. Cancer Res. 2005;65:3179-3184.

    Not in our library10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-3480

  103. 103.

    Zhang K, Rodriguez-Aznar E, Yabuta N, Owen RJ, Mingot JM, Nojima H, Nieto MA, Longmore GD. Lats2 kinase potentiates Snail1 activity by promoting nuclear retention upon phosphorylation. Embo j. 2012;31:29-43.

    Not in our library10.1038/emboj.2011.357

  104. 104.

    Hong J, Zhou J, Fu J, He T, Qin J, Wang L, Liao L, Xu J. Phosphorylation of serine 68 of Twist1 by MAPKs stabilizes Twist1 protein and promotes breast cancer cell invasiveness. Cancer Res. 2011;71:3980-3990.

    Not in our library10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-2914

  105. 105.

    Long J, Zuo D, Park M. Pc2-mediated sumoylation of Smad-interacting protein 1 attenuates transcriptional repression of E-cadherin. J Biol Chem. 2005;280:35477-35489.

    Not in our library10.1074/jbc.m504477200

  106. 106.

    Xu M, Zhu C, Zhao X, Chen C, Zhang H, Yuan H, Deng R, Dou J, Wang Y, Huang J, et al. Atypical ubiquitin E3 ligase complex Skp1-Pam-Fbxo45 controls the core epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition-inducing transcription factors. Oncotarget. 2015;6:979-994.

    Not in our library10.18632/oncotarget.2825

  107. 107.

    Chen A, Wong C, Liu M, House CM, Möller A. The ubiquitin ligase Siah is a novel regulator of Zeb1 in breast cancer. Oncotarget. 2015;6:862-873.

    Not in our library10.18632/oncotarget.2696

  108. 108.

    Zhou Z, Zhang P, Hu X, Kim J, Yao F, Xiao Z, Zeng L, Chang L, Sun Y, Ma L. USP51 promotes deubiquitination and stabilization of ZEB1. Am J Cancer Res. 2017;7:2020-2031.

    Not in our library

  109. 109.

    Fujita Y, Krause G, Scheffner M, Zechner D, Leddy HE, Behrens J, Sommer T, Birchmeier W. Hakai, a c-Cbl-like protein, ubiquitinates and induces endocytosis of the E-cadherin complex. Nat Cell Biol. 2002;4:222-231.

    Not in our library10.1038/ncb758

  110. 110.

    Hsu DS, Wang HJ, Tai SK, Chou CH, Hsieh CH, Chiu PH, Chen NJ, Yang MH. Acetylation of snail modulates the cytokinome of cancer cells to enhance the recruitment of macrophages. Cancer Cell. 2014;26:534-548.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.ccell.2014.09.002

  111. 111.

    Chang R, Zhang Y, Zhang P, Zhou Q. Snail acetylation by histone acetyltransferase p300 in lung cancer. Thorac Cancer. 2017;8:131-137.

    Not in our library10.1111/1759-7714.12408

  112. 112.

    Wang CM, Liu R, Wang L, Nascimento L, Brennan VC, Yang WH. SUMOylation of FOXM1B alters its transcriptional activity on regulation of MiR-200 family and JNK1 in MCF7 human breast cancer cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2014;15:10233-10251.

    Not in our library10.3390/ijms150610233

  113. 113.

    Hawkins RD, Hon GC, Lee LK, Ngo Q, Lister R, Pelizzola M, Edsall LE, Kuan S, Luu Y, Klugman S, et al. Distinct epigenomic landscapes of pluripotent and lineage-committed human cells. Cell Stem Cell. 2010;6:479-491.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.stem.2010.03.018

  114. 114.

    Bornman DM, Mathew S, Alsruhe J, Herman JG, Gabrielson E. Methylation of the E-cadherin gene in bladder neoplasia and in normal urothelial epithelium from elderly individuals. Am J Pathol. 2001;159:831-835.

    Not in our library10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61758-0

  115. 115.

    Graff JR, Herman JG, Lapidus RG, Chopra H, Xu R, Jarrard DF, Isaacs WB, Pitha PM, Davidson NE, Baylin SB. E-cadherin expression is silenced by DNA hypermethylation in human breast and prostate carcinomas. Cancer Res. 1995;55:5195-5199.

    Not in our library

  116. 116.

    Tamura G, Yin J, Wang S, Fleisher AS, Zou T, Abraham JM, Kong D, Smolinski KN, Wilson KT, James SP, et al. E-Cadherin gene promoter hypermethylation in primary human gastric carcinomas. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000;92:569-573.

    Not in our library10.1093/jnci/92.7.569

  117. 117.

    Puisieux A, Brabletz T, Caramel J. Oncogenic roles of EMT-inducing transcription factors. Nat Cell Biol. 2014;16:488-494.

    Not in our library10.1038/ncb2976

  118. 118.

    Bolós V, Peinado H, Pérez-Moreno MA, Fraga MF, Esteller M, Cano A. The transcription factor Slug represses E-cadherin expression and induces epithelial to mesenchymal transitions: a comparison with Snail and E47 repressors. J Cell Sci. 2016;129:1283-1283.

    Not in our library10.1242/jcs.188243

  119. 119.

    Canel M, Serrels A, Frame MC, Brunton VG. E-cadherin-integrin crosstalk in cancer invasion and metastasis. J Cell Sci. 2013;126:393-401.

    Not in our library10.1242/jcs.100115

  120. 120.

    Fukagawa A, Ishii H, Miyazawa K, Saitoh M. deltaEF1 associates with DNMT1 and maintains DNA methylation of the E-cadherin promoter in breast cancer cells. Cancer Med. 2015;4:125-135.

    Not in our library10.1002/cam4.347

  121. 121.

    Lin Y, Wu Y, Li J, Dong C, Ye X, Chi YI, Evers BM, Zhou BP. The SNAG domain of Snail1 functions as a molecular hook for recruiting lysine-specific demethylase 1. EMBO J. 2010;29:1803-1816.

    Not in our library10.1038/emboj.2010.63

  122. 122.

    Ramadoss S, Chen X, Wang CY. Histone demethylase KDM6B promotes epithelial-mesenchymal transition. J Biol Chem. 2012;287:44508-44517.

    Not in our library10.1074/jbc.m112.424903

  123. 123.

    Shao P, Liu Q, Kariuki MP, Cui J, Bair TB, Li T, Shaikamjad U, Zhang W, Qi HH. Histone demethylase PHF8 promotes epithelial to mesenchymal transition and breast tumorigenesis. Nuclc Acids Res. 2017;45:1687.

    Not in our library10.1093/nar/gkw1093

  124. 124.

    Hou Z, Peng H, Ayyanathan K, Yan KP, Langer EM, Longmore GD, Rauscher FJ. The LIM protein AJUBA recruits protein arginine methyltransferase 5 to mediate SNAIL-dependent transcriptional repression. Mol Cell Biol. 2008;28:3198-3207.

    Not in our library10.1128/mcb.01435-07

  125. 125.

    Battistelli C, Cicchini C, Santangelo L, Tramontano A, Grassi L, Gonzalez FJ, de Nonno V, Grassi G, Amicone L, Tripodi M. The Snail repressor recruits EZH2 to specific genomic sites through the enrollment of the lncRNA HOTAIR in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Oncogene. 2017;36:942-955.

    Not in our library10.1038/onc.2016.260

  126. 126.

    Dong C, Wu Y, Yao J, Wang Y, Zhou BP. G9a interacts with Snail and is critical for Snail-mediated E-cadherin repression in human breast cancer. J Clin Investig. 2012;122:1469-1486.

    Not in our library10.1172/jci57349

  127. 127.

    Mobley RJ, Raghu D, Duke LD, Abell-Hart K, Zawistowski JS, Lutz K, Gomez SM, Roy S, Homayouni R, Johnson GL. MAP3K4 controls the chromatin modifier HDAC6 during trophoblast stem cell epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Cell Rep. 2017;18:2387-2400.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.celrep.2017.02.030

  128. 128.

    Fu J, Qin L, He T, Qin J, Hong J, Wong J, Liao L, Xu J. The TWIST/Mi2/NuRD protein complex and its essential role in cancer metastasis. Cell Res. 2011;21:275-289.

    Not in our library10.1038/cr.2010.118

  129. 129.

    Bracken CP, Gregory PA, Kolesnikoff N, Bert AG, Wang J, Shannon MF, Goodall GJ. A double-negative feedback loop between ZEB1-SIP1 and the microRNA-200 family regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Cancer Res. 2008;68:7846-7854.

    Not in our library10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-1942

  130. 130.

    Burk U, Schubert J, Wellner U, Schmalhofer O, Vincan E, Spaderna S, Brabletz T. A reciprocal repression between ZEB1 and members of the miR-200 family promotes EMT and invasion in cancer cells. EMBO Rep. 2008;9:582-589.

    Not in our library10.1038/embor.2008.74

  131. 131.

    Gregory PA, Bert AG, Paterson EL, Barry SC, Tsykin A, Farshid G, Vadas MA, Khew-Goodall Y, Goodall GJ. The miR-200 family and miR-205 regulate epithelial to mesenchymal transition by targeting ZEB1 and SIP1. Nat Cell Biol. 2008;10:593-601.

    Not in our library10.1038/ncb1722

  132. 132.

    Kim T, Veronese A, Pichiorri F, Lee TJ, Jeon YJ, Volinia S, Pineau P, Marchio A, Palatini J, Suh SS, et al. p53 regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition through microRNAs targeting ZEB1 and ZEB2. J Exp Med. 2011;208:875-883.

    Not in our library10.1084/jem.20110235

  133. 133.

    Siemens H, Jackstadt R, Hunten S, Kaller M, Menssen A, Gotz U, Hermeking H. miR-34 and SNAIL form a double-negative feedback loop to regulate epithelial-mesenchymal transitions. Cell Cycle. 2011;10:4256-4271.

    Not in our library10.4161/cc.10.24.18552

  134. 134.
  135. 135.

    Ru P, Steele R, Newhall P, Phillips NJ, Toth K, Ray RB. miRNA-29b suppresses prostate cancer metastasis by regulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition signaling. Mol Cancer Ther. 2012;11:1166-1173.

    Not in our library10.1158/1535-7163.mct-12-0100

  136. 136.

    Zhang J, Zhang H, Liu J, Tu X, Zang Y, Zhu J, Chen J, Dong L, Zhang J. miR-30 inhibits TGF-β1-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in hepatocyte by targeting Snail1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2012;417:1100-1105.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.12.121

  137. 137.

    Liu YN, Yin JJ, Abou-Kheir W, Hynes PG, Casey OM, Fang L, Yi M, Stephens RM, Seng V, Sheppard-Tillman H, et al. MiR-1 and miR-200 inhibit EMT via Slug-dependent and tumorigenesis via Slug-independent mechanisms. Oncogene. 2013;32:296-306.

    Not in our library10.1038/onc.2012.58

  138. 138.

    Diepenbruck M, Tiede S, Saxena M, Ivanek R, Kalathur RKR, Lüönd F, Meyer-Schaller N, Christofori G. miR-1199-5p and Zeb1 function in a double-negative feedback loop potentially coordinating EMT and tumour metastasis. Nat Commun. 2017;8:1168.

    Not in our library10.1038/s41467-017-01197-w

  139. 139.

    Ren D, Wang M, Guo W, Huang S, Wang Z, Zhao X, Du H, Song L, Peng X. Double-negative feedback loop between ZEB2 and miR-145 regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition and stem cell properties in prostate cancer cells. Cell Tissue Res. 2014;358:763-778.

    Not in our library10.1007/s00441-014-2001-y

  140. 140.

    Dai Y, Wu Z, Lang C, Zhang X, He S, Yang Q, Guo W, Lai Y, Du H, Peng X, Ren D. Copy number gain of ZEB1 mediates a double-negative feedback loop with miR-33a-5p that regulates EMT and bone metastasis of prostate cancer dependent on TGF-β signaling. Theranostics. 2019;9:6063-6079.

    Not in our library10.7150/thno.36735

  141. 141.

    Kundu ST, Byers LA, Peng DH, Roybal JD, Diao L, Wang J, Tong P, Creighton CJ, Gibbons DL. The miR-200 family and the miR-183~96~182 cluster target Foxf2 to inhibit invasion and metastasis in lung cancers. Oncogene. 2016;35:173-186.

    Not in our library10.1038/onc.2015.71

  142. 142.

    Liu Z, Mi M, Zheng X, Zhang C, Zhu F, Liu T, Wu G, Zhang L. miR-30a/SOX4 double negative feedback loop is modulated by Disulfiram and regulates EMT and stem cell-like properties in breast cancer. J Cancer. 2021;12:5053-5065.

    Not in our library10.7150/jca.57752

  143. 143.

    Shi L, Jackstadt R, Siemens H, Li H, Kirchner T, Hermeking H. p53-induced miR-15a/16-1 and AP4 form a double-negative feedback loop to regulate epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in colorectal cancer. Cancer Res. 2014;74:532-542.

    Not in our library10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-2203

  144. 144.

    Lamouille S, Subramanyam D, Blelloch R, Derynck R. Regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal and mesenchymal-epithelial transitions by microRNAs. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2013;25:200-207.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.ceb.2013.01.008

  145. 145.

    Watanabe S, Ueda Y, Akaboshi S, Hino Y, Sekita Y, Nakao M. HMGA2 maintains oncogenic RAS-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human pancreatic cancer cells. Am J Pathol. 2009;174:854-868.

    Not in our library10.2353/ajpath.2009.080523

  146. 146.

    Qi J, Rice SJ, Salzberg AC, Runkle EA, Liao J, Zander DS, Mu D. MiR-365 regulates lung cancer and developmental gene thyroid transcription factor 1. Cell Cycle. 2012;11:177-186.

    Not in our library10.4161/cc.11.1.18576

  147. 147.

    Ma L, Young J, Prabhala H, Pan E, Mestdagh P, Muth D, Teruya-Feldstein J, Reinhardt F, Onder TT, Valastyan S, et al. miR-9, a MYC/MYCN-activated microRNA, regulates E-cadherin and cancer metastasis. Nat Cell Biol. 2010;12:247-256.

    Not in our library10.1038/ncb2024

  148. 148.

    Song Y, Zhao F, Wang Z, Liu Z, Chiang Y, Xu Y, Gao P, Xu H. Inverse association between miR-194 expression and tumor invasion in gastric cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012;19(Suppl 3):S509-517.

    Not in our library10.1245/s10434-011-1999-2

  149. 149.

    Meng Z, Fu X, Chen X, Zeng S, Tian Y, Jove R, Xu R, Huang W. miR-194 is a marker of hepatic epithelial cells and suppresses metastasis of liver cancer cells in mice. Hepatology. 2010;52:2148-2157.

    Not in our library10.1002/hep.23915

  150. 150.

    Zhou Q, Fan J, Ding X, Peng W, Yu X, Chen Y, Nie J. TGF-{beta}-induced MiR-491-5p expression promotes Par-3 degradation in rat proximal tubular epithelial cells. J Biol Chem. 2010;285:40019-40027.

    Not in our library10.1074/jbc.m110.141341

  151. 151.

    Kong W, Yang H, He L, Zhao JJ, Coppola D, Dalton WS, Cheng JQ. MicroRNA-155 is regulated by the transforming growth factor beta/Smad pathway and contributes to epithelial cell plasticity by targeting RhoA. Mol Cell Biol. 2008;28:6773-6784.

    Not in our library10.1128/mcb.00941-08

  152. 152.

    Papadimitriou E, Vasilaki E, Vorvis C, Iliopoulos D, Moustakas A, Kardassis D, Stournaras C. Differential regulation of the two RhoA-specific GEF isoforms Net1/Net1A by TGF-β and miR-24: role in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Oncogene. 2012;31:2862-2875.

    Not in our library10.1038/onc.2011.457

  153. 153.

    Zheng F, Liao YJ, Cai MY, Liu YH, Liu TH, Chen SP, Bian XW, Guan XY, Lin MC, Zeng YX, et al. The putative tumour suppressor microRNA-124 modulates hepatocellular carcinoma cell aggressiveness by repressing ROCK2 and EZH2. Gut. 2012;61:278-289.

    Not in our library10.1136/gut.2011.239145

  154. 154.

    Yuan JH, Yang F, Wang F, Ma JZ, Guo YJ, Tao QF, Liu F, Pan W, Wang TT, Zhou CC, et al. A long noncoding RNA activated by TGF-beta promotes the invasion-metastasis cascade in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Cell. 2014;25:666-681.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.ccr.2014.03.010

  155. 155.

    Grelet S, Link LA, Howley B, Obellianne C, Palanisamy V, Gangaraju VK, Diehl JA, Howe PH. A regulated PNUTS mRNA to lncRNA splice switch mediates EMT and tumour progression. Nat Cell Biol. 2017;19:1105-1115.

    Not in our library10.1038/ncb3595

  156. 156.

    Dhamija S, Diederichs S. From junk to master regulators of invasion: lncRNA functions in migration, EMT and metastasis. Int J Cancer. 2016;139:269-280.

    Not in our library10.1002/ijc.30039

  157. 157.

    Kallen AN, Zhou XB, Xu J, Qiao C, Ma J, Yan L, Lu L, Liu C, Yi JS, Zhang H, et al. The imprinted H19 lncRNA antagonizes let-7 microRNAs. Mol Cell. 2013;52:101-112.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.molcel.2013.08.027

  158. 158.

    Saxena M, Hisano M, Neutzner M, Diepenbruck M, Ivanek R, Sharma K, Kalathur RKR, Burglin TR, Risoli S, Christofori G. The long non-coding RNA ET-20 mediates EMT by impairing desmosomes in breast cancer cells. J Cell Sci. 2021;134:jcs258418.

    Not in our library10.1242/jcs.258418

  159. 159.

    Cavallaro U, Christofori G. Cell adhesion and signalling by cadherins and Ig-CAMs in cancer. Nat Rev Cancer. 2004;4:118-132.

    Not in our library10.1038/nrc1276

  160. 160.

    Bandyopadhyay A, Raghavan S. Defining the role of integrin alphavbeta6 in cancer. Curr Drug Targets. 2009;10:645-652.

    Not in our library10.2174/138945009788680374

  161. 161.

    Paoli P, Giannoni E, Chiarugi P. Anoikis molecular pathways and its role in cancer progression. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013;1833:3481-3498.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.06.026

  162. 162.

    Rodriguez-Hernandez I, Cantelli G, Bruce F, Sanz-Moreno V. Rho, ROCK and actomyosin contractility in metastasis as drug targets. F1000Res. 2016;5:783.

    Not in our library10.12688/f1000research.7909.1

  163. 163.

    Machesky LM. Lamellipodia and filopodia in metastasis and invasion. FEBS Lett. 2008;582:2102-2111.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.febslet.2008.03.039

  164. 164.

    Friedl P, Alexander S. Cancer invasion and the microenvironment: plasticity and reciprocity. Cell. 2011;147:992-1009.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.cell.2011.11.016

  165. 165.

    Clark AG, Vignjevic DM. Modes of cancer cell invasion and the role of the microenvironment. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2015;36:13-22.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.ceb.2015.06.004

  166. 166.

    Jolly MK, Somarelli JA, Sheth M, Biddle A, Tripathi SC, Armstrong AJ, Hanash SM, Bapat SA, Rangarajan A, Levine H. Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes promote metastasis and therapy resistance across carcinomas. Pharmacol Ther. 2019;194:161-184.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.pharmthera.2018.09.007

  167. 167.

    Francart ME, Lambert J, Vanwynsberghe AM, Thompson EW, Bourcy M, Polette M, Gilles C. Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity and circulating tumor cells: Travel companions to metastases. Dev Dyn. 2018;247:432-450.

    Not in our library10.1002/dvdy.24506

  168. 168.

    Zeinali M, Lee M, Nadhan A, Mathur A, Hedman C, Lin E, Harouaka R, Wicha MS, Zhao L, Palanisamy N, et al. High-throughput label-free isolation of heterogeneous circulating tumor cells and CTC clusters from non-small-cell lung cancer patients. Cancers (Basel). 2020;12:127.

    Not in our library10.3390/cancers12010127

  169. 169.

    Hou JM, Krebs M, Ward T, Sloane R, Priest L, Hughes A, Clack G, Ranson M, Blackhall F, Dive C. Circulating tumor cells as a window on metastasis biology in lung cancer. Am J Pathol. 2011;178:989-996.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.ajpath.2010.12.003

  170. 170.

    Yu M, Bardia A, Wittner BS, Stott SL, Smas ME, Ting DT, Isakoff SJ, Ciciliano JC, Wells MN, Shah AM, et al. Circulating breast tumor cells exhibit dynamic changes in epithelial and mesenchymal composition. Science. 2013;339:580-584.

    Not in our library10.1126/science.1228522

  171. 171.

    Kalluri R, Weinberg RA. The basics of epithelial-mesenchymal transition. J Clin Investig. 2010;120:1786-1786.

    Not in our library10.1172/jci39104c1

  172. 172.

    Brooks SA, Lomax-Browne HJ, Carter TM, Kinch CE, Hall DM. Molecular interactions in cancer cell metastasis. Acta Histochem. 2010;112:3-25.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.acthis.2008.11.022

  173. 173.

    Verma RP, Hansch C. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs): chemical-biological functions and (Q)SARs. Bioorg Med Chem. 2007;15:2223-2268.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.bmc.2007.01.011

  174. 174.

    Palumbo JS, Talmage KE, Massari JV, La Jeunesse CM, Flick MJ, Kombrinck KW, Hu Z, Barney KA, Degen JL. Tumor cell-associated tissue factor and circulating hemostatic factors cooperate to increase metastatic potential through natural killer cell-dependent and-independent mechanisms. Blood. 2007;110:133-141.

    Not in our library10.1182/blood-2007-01-065995

  175. 175.

    Labelle M, Begum S, Hynes RO. Direct signaling between platelets and cancer cells induces an epithelial-mesenchymal-like transition and promotes metastasis. Cancer Cell. 2011;20:576-590.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.ccr.2011.09.009

  176. 176.

    Hong Y, Fang F, Zhang Q. Circulating tumor cell clusters: What we know and what we expect (Review). Int J Oncol. 2016;49:2206-2216.

    Not in our library10.3892/ijo.2016.3747

  177. 177.

    Aceto N, Bardia A, Miyamoto DT, Donaldson MC, Wittner BS, Spencer JA, Yu M, Pely A, Engstrom A, Zhu H, et al. Circulating tumor cell clusters are oligoclonal precursors of breast cancer metastasis. Cell. 2014;158:1110-1122.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.cell.2014.07.013

  178. 178.

    Singh M, Manoranjan B, Mahendram S, McFarlane N, Venugopal C, Singh SK. Brain metastasis-initiating cells: survival of the fittest. Int J Mol Sci. 2014;15:9117-9133.

    Not in our library10.3390/ijms15059117

  179. 179.

    Stoletov K, Kato H, Zardouzian E, Kelber J, Yang J, Shattil S, Klemke R. Visualizing extravasation dynamics of metastatic tumor cells. J Cell Sci. 2010;123:2332-2341.

    Not in our library10.1242/jcs.069443

  180. 180.

    Beerling E, Seinstra D, de Wit E, Kester L, van der Velden D, Maynard C, Schafer R, van Diest P, Voest E, van Oudenaarden A, et al. Plasticity between epithelial and mesenchymal states unlinks EMT from metastasis-enhancing stem cell capacity. Cell Rep. 2016;14:2281-2288.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.celrep.2016.02.034

  181. 181.
  182. 182.

    Tran HD, Luitel K, Kim M, Zhang K, Longmore GD, Tran DD. Transient SNAIL1 expression is necessary for metastatic competence in breast cancer. Cancer Res. 2014;74:6330-6340.

    Not in our library10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0923

  183. 183.

    Ni T, Li XY, Na L, An T, Weiss SJ. Snail1-dependent p53 repression regulates expansion and activity of tumour-initiating cells in breast cancer. Nat Cell Biol. 2016;18:1221.

    Not in our library10.1038/ncb3425

  184. 184.

    Xu Y, Lee DK, Feng Z, Xu Y, Bu W, Li Y, Liao L, Xu J. Breast tumor cell-specific knockout of Twist1 inhibits cancer cell plasticity, dissemination, and lung metastasis in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2017;114:11494-11499.

    Not in our library10.1073/pnas.1618091114

  185. 185.

    Fischer KR, Durrans A, Lee S, Sheng J, Li F, Wong ST, Choi H, El Rayes T, Ryu S, Troeger J, et al. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is not required for lung metastasis but contributes to chemoresistance. Nature. 2015;527:472-476.

    Not in our library10.1038/nature15748

  186. 186.

    Zheng X, Carstens JL, Kim J, Scheible M, Kaye J, Sugimoto H, Wu CC, LeBleu VS, Kalluri R. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition is dispensable for metastasis but induces chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer. Nature. 2015;527:525-530.

    Not in our library10.1038/nature16064

  187. 187.

    Li W, Kang Y. Probing the fifty shades of EMT in metastasis. Trends Cancer. 2016;2:65-67.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.trecan.2016.01.001

  188. 188.

    Aiello NM, Brabletz T, Kang Y, Nieto MA, Weinberg RA, Stanger BZ. Upholding a role for EMT in pancreatic cancer metastasis. Nature. 2017;547:E7-e8.

    Not in our library10.1038/nature22963

  189. 189.

    Ye X, Brabletz T, Kang Y, Longmore GD, Nieto MA, Stanger BZ, Yang J, Weinberg RA. Upholding a role for EMT in breast cancer metastasis. Nature. 2017;547:E1-e3.

    Not in our library10.1038/nature22816

  190. 190.

    Ye X, Tam WL, Shibue T, Kaygusuz Y, Reinhardt F, Ng Eaton E, Weinberg RA. Distinct EMT programs control normal mammary stem cells and tumour-initiating cells. Nature. 2015;525:256-260.

    Not in our library10.1038/nature14897

  191. 191.

    Li Y, Lv Z, Zhang S, Wang Z, He L, Tang M, Pu W, Zhao H, Zhang Z, Shi Q, et al. Genetic fate mapping of transient cell Fate reveals N-cadherin activity and function in tumor metastasis. Dev Cell. 2020;54(593–607):e595.

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    Varga J, Greten FR. Cell plasticity in epithelial homeostasis and tumorigenesis. Nat Cell Biol. 2017;19:1133-1141.

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    George JT, Jolly MK, Xu S, Somarelli JA, Levine H. Survival outcomes in cancer patients predicted by a partial emt gene expression scoring metric. Cancer Res. 2017;77:6415-6428.

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    Aiello NM, Maddipati R, Norgard RJ, Balli D, Li J, Yuan S, Yamazoe T, Black T, Sahmoud A, Furth EE, et al. EMT subtype influences epithelial plasticity and mode of cell migration. Dev Cell. 2018;45(681–695):e684.

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    Puram SV, Tirosh I, Parikh AS, Patel AP, Yizhak K, Gillespie S, Rodman C, Luo CL, Mroz EA, Emerick KS, et al. Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of primary and metastatic tumor ecosystems in head and neck cancer. Cell. 2017;171(1611–1624):e1624.

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    Lu M, Jolly MK, Levine H, Onuchic JN, Ben-Jacob E. MicroRNA-based regulation of epithelial-hybrid-mesenchymal fate determination. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2013;110:18144-18149.

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    Tian XJ, Zhang H, Xing J. Coupled reversible and irreversible bistable switches underlying TGFβ-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Biophys J. 2013;105:1079-1089.

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    Zhang J, Tian XJ, Zhang H, Teng Y, Li R, Bai F, Elankumaran S, Xing J. TGF-β-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition proceeds through stepwise activation of multiple feedback loops. Sci Signal. 2014;7:ra91.

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    Bakir B, Chiarella AM, Pitarresi JR, Rustgi AK. EMT, MET, plasticity, and tumor metastasis. Trends Cell Biol. 2020;30:764-776.

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    Goossens S, Vandamme N, Van Vlierberghe P, Berx G. EMT transcription factors in cancer development re-evaluated: beyond EMT and MET. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer. 2017;1868:584-591.

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    Ota I, Li XY, Hu Y, Weiss SJ. Induction of a MT1-MMP and MT2-MMP-dependent basement membrane transmigration program in cancer cells by Snail1. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2009;106:20318-20323.

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    Dhar M, Lam JN, Walser T, Dubinett SM, Rettig MB, Di Carlo D. Functional profiling of circulating tumor cells with an integrated vortex capture and single-cell protease activity assay. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2018;115:9986-9991.

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    Lou XL, Sun J, Gong SQ, Yu XF, Gong R, Deng H. Interaction between circulating cancer cells and platelets: clinical implication. Chin J Cancer Res. 2015;27:450-460.

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    Cao Z, Livas T, Kyprianou N. Anoikis and EMT: Lethal "Liaisons" during Cancer Progression. Crit Rev Oncog. 2016;21:155-168.

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    Zhao R, Cai Z, Li S, Cheng Y, Gao H, Liu F, Wu S, Liu S, Dong Y, Zheng L, et al.Expression and clinical relevance of epithelial and mesenchymal markers in circulating tumor cells from colorectal cancer.Oncotarget.2017; 8:9293-9302.

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    Chebouti I, Kasimir-Bauer S, Buderath P, Wimberger P, Hauch S, Kimmig R, Kuhlmann JD. EMT-like circulating tumor cells in ovarian cancer patients are enriched by platinum-based chemotherapy. Oncotarget. 2017;8:48820-48831.

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    Ning Y, Zhang W, Hanna DL, Yang D, Okazaki S, Berger MD, Miyamoto Y, Suenaga M, Schirripa M, El-Khoueiry A, Lenz HJ. Clinical relevance of EMT and stem-like gene expression in circulating tumor cells of metastatic colorectal cancer patients. Pharmacogenomics J. 2018;18:29-34.

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    Aceto N, Toner M, Maheswaran S, Haber DA. En route to metastasis: circulating tumor cell clusters and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Trends Cancer. 2015;1:44-52.

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    Milsom CC, Yu JL, Mackman N, Micallef J, Anderson GM, Guha A, Rak JW. Tissue factor regulation by epidermal growth factor receptor and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions: effect on tumor initiation and angiogenesis. Cancer Res. 2008;68:10068-10076.

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    Francart ME, Vanwynsberghe AM, Lambert J, Bourcy M, Genna A, Ancel J, Perez-Boza J, Noel A, Birembaut P, Struman I, et al. Vimentin prevents a miR-dependent negative regulation of tissue factor mRNA during epithelial-mesenchymal transitions and facilitates early metastasis. Oncogene. 2020;39:3680-3692.

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    Mani SA, Guo W, Liao MJ, Eaton EN, Ayyanan A, Zhou AY, Brooks M, Reinhard F, Zhang CC, Shipitsin M, et al. The epithelial-mesenchymal transition generates cells with properties of stem cells. Cell. 2008;133:704-715.

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    Kang JH, Choi MY, Cui YH, Kaushik N, Uddin N, Yoo KC, Kim MJ, Lee SJ. Regulation of FBXO4-mediated ICAM-1 protein stability in metastatic breast cancer. Oncotarget. 2017;8:83100-83113.

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    Weingarten C, Jenudi Y, Tshuva RY, Moskovich D, Alfandari A, Hercbergs A, Davis PJ, Ellis M, Ashur-Fabian O. The interplay between epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and the thyroid hormones-alphavbeta3 axis in ovarian cancer. Horm Cancer. 2018;9:22-32.

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    Wang PC, Weng CC, Hou YS, Jian SF, Fang KT, Hou MF, Cheng KH. Activation of VCAM-1 and its associated molecule CD44 leads to increased malignant potential of breast cancer cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2014;15:3560-3579.

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    Szczerba BM, Castro-Giner F, Vetter M, Krol I, Gkountela S, Landin J, Scheidmann MC, Donato C, Scherrer R, Singer J, et al. Neutrophils escort circulating tumour cells to enable cell cycle progression. Nature. 2019;566:553-557.

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    Chockley PJ, Keshamouni VG. Immunological consequences of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in tumor progression. J Immunol. 2016;197:691-698.

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    Romeo E, Caserta CA, Rumio C, Marcucci F. The vicious cross-talk between tumor cells with an EMT phenotype and cells of the immune system. Cells. 2019;8:460.

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    Abalde-Cela S, Piairo P, Dieguez L. The significance of circulating tumour cells in the clinic. Acta Cytol. 2019;63:466-478.

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    Cabel L, Proudhon C, Gortais H, Loirat D, Coussy F, Pierga JY, Bidard FC. Circulating tumor cells: clinical validity and utility. Int J Clin Oncol. 2017;22:421-430.

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    Schochter F, Friedl TWP, deGregorio A, Krause S, Huober J, Rack B, Janni W. Are circulating tumor cells (CTCs) ready for clinical use in breast cancer? An overview of completed and ongoing trials using CTCs for clinical treatment decisions. Cells. 2019;8:1412.

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    Scher HI, Heller G, Molina A, Attard G, Danila DC, Jia X, Peng W, Sandhu SK, Olmos D, Riisnaes R, et al. Circulating tumor cell biomarker panel as an individual-level surrogate for survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2015;33:1348-1355.

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    Sastre J, Vidaurreta M, Gomez A, Rivera F, Massuti B, Lopez MR, Abad A, Gallen M, Benavides M, Aranda E, et al. Prognostic value of the combination of circulating tumor cells plus KRAS in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2013;12:280-286.

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    Mego M, Karaba M, Minarik G, Benca J, Silvia J, Sedlackova T, Manasova D, Kalavska K, Pindak D, Cristofanilli M, et al. Circulating tumor cells with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition phenotypes associated with inferior outcomes in primary breast cancer. Anticancer Res. 2019;39:1829-1837.

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    Cierna Z, Mego M, Janega P, Karaba M, Minarik G, Benca J, Sedlackova T, Cingelova S, Gronesova P, Manasova D, et al. Matrix metalloproteinase 1 and circulating tumor cells in early breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2014;14:472.

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    Manjunath Y, Upparahalli SV, Avella DM, Deroche CB, Kimchi ET, Staveley-O'Carroll KF, Smith CJ, Li G, Kaifi JT. PD-L1 expression with epithelial mesenchymal transition of circulating tumor cells is associated with poor survival in curatively resected non-small cell lung cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2019;11:806.

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    Ikeda M, Koh Y, Teraoka S, Sato K, Kanai K, Hayata A, Tokudome N, Akamatsu H, Ozawa Y, Akamatsu K, et al. Detection of AXL expression in circulating tumor cells of lung cancer patients using an automated microcavity array system. Cancer Med. 2020;9:2122-2133.

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    Papadaki MA, Stoupis G, Theodoropoulos PA, Mavroudis D, Georgoulias V, Agelaki S. Circulating tumor cells with stemness and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition features are chemoresistant and predictive of poor outcome in metastatic breast cancer. Mol Cancer Ther. 2019;18:437-447.

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    Guan X, Ma F, Li C, Wu S, Hu S, Huang J, Sun X, Wang J, Luo Y, Cai R, et al. The prognostic and therapeutic implications of circulating tumor cell phenotype detection based on epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers in the first-line chemotherapy of HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Commun (Lond). 2019;39:1.

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    Brabletz T, Jung A, Spaderna S, Hlubek F, Kirchner T. Opinion: migrating cancer stem cells—An integrated concept of malignant tumour progression. Nat Rev Cancer. 2005;5:744-749.

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    Blanpain C, Horsley V, Fuchs E. Epithelial stem cells: turning over new leaves. Cell. 2007;128:445-458.

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    Ginestier C, Hur MH, Charafe-Jauffret E, Monville F, Dutcher J, Brown M, Jacquemier J, Viens P, Kleer CG, Liu S, et al. ALDH1 is a marker of normal and malignant human mammary stem cells and a predictor of poor clinical outcome. Cell Stem Cell. 2007;1:555-567.

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    Gupta PB, Chaffer CL, Weinberg RA. Cancer stem cells: mirage or reality? Nat Med. 2009;15:1010-1012.

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    Liu S, Cong Y, Wang D, Sun Y, Deng L, Liu Y, Martin-Trevino R, Shang L, McDermott SP, Landis MD, et al. Breast cancer stem cells transition between epithelial and mesenchymal states reflective of their normal counterparts. Stem Cell Rep. 2014;2:78-91.

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    Tellez CS, Juri DE, Do K, Bernauer AM, Thomas CL, Damiani LA, Tessema M, Leng S, Belinsky SA. EMT and stem cell-like properties associated with miR-205 and miR-200 epigenetic silencing are early manifestations during carcinogen-induced transformation of human lung epithelial cells. Cancer Res. 2011;71:3087-3097.

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    Najafi M, Mortezaee K, Ahadi R. Cancer stem cell (a)symmetry & plasticity: tumorigenesis and therapy relevance. Life Sci. 2019;231:116520.

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    Plaks V, Kong N, Werb Z. The cancer stem cell niche: how essential is the niche in regulating stemness of tumor cells? Cell Stem Cell. 2015;16:225-238.

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    Battula VL, Evans KW, Hollier BG, Shi Y, Marini FC, Ayyanan A, Wang RY, Brisken C, Guerra R, Andreeff M, Mani SA. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition-derived cells exhibit multilineage differentiation potential similar to mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cells. 2010;28:1435-1445.

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    Wellner U, Schubert J, Burk UC, Schmalhofer O, Zhu F, Sonntag A, Waldvogel B, Vannier C, Darling D, zur Hausen A, et al. The EMT-activator ZEB1 promotes tumorigenicity by repressing stemness-inhibiting microRNAs. Nat Cell Biol. 2009;11:1487-1495.

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    Siddique HR, Saleem M. Role of BMI1, a stem cell factor, in cancer recurrence and chemoresistance: preclinical and clinical evidences. Stem Cells. 2012;30:372-378.

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    Song LB, Li J, Liao WT, Feng Y, Yu CP, Hu LJ, Kong QL, Xu LH, Zhang X, Liu WL, et al. The polycomb group protein Bmi-1 represses the tumor suppressor PTEN and induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells. J Clin Invest. 2009;119:3626-3636.

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    Xu LF, Zhang J, Tian ZQ. Wu YZ [Epigenetics in cancer stem cells]. Yi Chuan. 2013;35:1049-1057.

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    Valk-Lingbeek ME, Bruggeman SW, van Lohuizen M. Stem cells and cancer; the polycomb connection. Cell. 2004;118:409-418.

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    Shimono Y, Zabala M, Cho RW, Lobo N, Dalerba P, Qian D, Diehn M, Liu H, Panula SP, Chiao E, et al. Downregulation of miRNA-200c links breast cancer stem cells with normal stem cells. Cell. 2009;138:592-603.

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    Brabletz S, Bajdak K, Meidhof S, Burk U, Niedermann G, Firat E, Wellner U, Dimmler A, Faller G, Schubert J, Brabletz T. The ZEB1/miR-200 feedback loop controls Notch signalling in cancer cells. EMBO J. 2011;30:770-782.

    Not in our library10.1038/emboj.2010.349

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    Meurette O, Mehlen P. Notch signaling in the tumor microenvironment. Cancer Cell. 2018;34:536-548.

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    Hill L, Browne G, Tulchinsky E. ZEB/miR-200 feedback loop: at the crossroads of signal transduction in cancer. Int J Cancer. 2013;132:745-754.

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    Nuti SV, Mor G, Li P, Yin G. TWIST and ovarian cancer stem cells: implications for chemoresistance and metastasis. Oncotarget. 2014;5:7260-7271.

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    Lambert AW, Weinberg RA. Linking EMT programmes to normal and neoplastic epithelial stem cells. Nat Rev Cancer. 2021;21:325-338.

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    Hwang WL, Jiang JK, Yang SH, Huang TS, Lan HY, Teng HW, Yang CY, Tsai YP, Lin CH, Wang HW, Yang MH. MicroRNA-146a directs the symmetric division of Snail-dominant colorectal cancer stem cells. Nat Cell Biol. 2014;16:268-280.

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    Guo W, Keckesova Z, Donaher J, Shibue T, Tischler V, Reinhardt F, Itzkovitz S, Noske A, Zürrer-Härdi U, Bell G. Slug and Sox9 cooperatively determine the mammary stem cell state. Cell. 2012;148:1015-1028.

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    Leng Z, Li Y, Zhou G, Lv X, Ai W, Li J, Hou L. Kruppel-like factor 4 regulates stemness and mesenchymal properties of colorectal cancer stem cells through the TGF-beta1/Smad/snail pathway. J Cell Mol Med. 2020;24:1866-1877.

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    Ocana OH, Corcoles R, Fabra A, Moreno-Bueno G, Acloque H, Vega S, Barrallo-Gimeno A, Cano A, Nieto MA. Metastatic colonization requires the repression of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition inducer Prrx1. Cancer Cell. 2012;22:709-724.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.ccr.2012.10.012

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    Schmidt JM, Panzilius E, Bartsch HS, Irmler M, Beckers J, Kari V, Linnemann JR, Dragoi D, Hirschi B, Kloos UJ, et al. Stem-cell-like properties and epithelial plasticity arise as stable traits after transient Twist1 activation. Cell Rep. 2015;10:131-139.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.celrep.2014.12.032

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    Celia-Terrassa T, Meca-Cortes O, Mateo F, Martinez de Paz A, Rubio N, Arnal-Estape A, Ell BJ, Bermudo R, Diaz A, Guerra-Rebollo M, et al. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition can suppress major attributes of human epithelial tumor-initiating cells. J Clin Invest. 2012;122:1849-1868.

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    Tsai JH, Donaher JL, Murphy DA, Chau S, Yang J. Spatiotemporal regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition is essential for squamous cell carcinoma metastasis. Cancer Cell. 2012;22:725-736.

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    Tsuji T, Ibaragi S, Shima K, Hu MG, Katsurano M, Sasaki A, Hu GF. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition induced by growth suppressor p12CDK2-AP1 promotes tumor cell local invasion but suppresses distant colony growth. Cancer Res. 2008;68:10377-10386.

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    Ruscetti M, Quach B, Dadashian EL, Mulholland DJ, Wu H. Tracking and functional characterization of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and mesenchymal tumor cells during prostate cancer metastasis. Cancer Res. 2015;75:2749-2759.

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    Jolly MK, Huang B, Lu M, Mani SA, Levine H, Ben-Jacob E. Towards elucidating the connection between epithelial-mesenchymal transitions and stemness. J R Soc Interface. 2014;11:20140962.

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    Ombrato L, Malanchi I. The EMT universe: space between cancer cell dissemination and metastasis initiation. Crit Rev Oncog. 2014;19:349-361.

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    Singh A, Settleman J. EMT, cancer stem cells and drug resistance: an emerging axis of evil in the war on cancer. Oncogene. 2010;29:4741-4751.

    Not in our library10.1038/onc.2010.215

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    Dongre A, Rashidian M, Reinhardt F, Bagnato A, Keckesova Z, Ploegh HL, Weinberg RA. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition contributes to immunosuppression in breast carcinomas. Cancer Res. 2017;77:3982-3989.

    Not in our library10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-3292

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    Kudo-Saito C, Shirako H, Takeuchi T, Kawakami Y. Cancer metastasis is accelerated through immunosuppression during Snail-induced EMT of cancer cells. Cancer Cell. 2009;15:195-206.

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    Akalay I, Janji B, Hasmim M, Noman MZ, Andre F, De Cremoux P, Bertheau P, Badoual C, Vielh P, Larsen AK, et al. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and autophagy induction in breast carcinoma promote escape from T-cell-mediated lysis. Cancer Res. 2013;73:2418-2427.

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    Sanjabi S, Oh SA, Li MO. Regulation of the Immune Response by TGF-beta: from conception to autoimmunity and infection. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2017;9:a022236.

    Not in our library10.1101/cshperspect.a022236

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    Chen L, Gibbons DL, Goswami S, Cortez MA, Ahn YH, Byers LA, Zhang X, Yi X, Dwyer D, Lin W, et al. Metastasis is regulated via microRNA-200/ZEB1 axis control of tumour cell PD-L1 expression and intratumoral immunosuppression. Nat Commun. 2014;5:5241.

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    Noman MZ, Janji B, Abdou A, Hasmim M, Terry S, Tan TZ, Mami-Chouaib F, Thiery JP, Chouaib S. The immune checkpoint ligand PD-L1 is upregulated in EMT-activated human breast cancer cells by a mechanism involving ZEB-1 and miR-200. Oncoimmunology. 2017;6:e1263412.

    Not in our library10.1080/2162402x.2016.1263412

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    Lou Y, Diao L, Cuentas ER, Denning WL, Chen L, Fan YH, Byers LA, Wang J, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Behrens C, et al. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition is associated with a distinct tumor microenvironment including elevation of inflammatory signals and multiple immune checkpoints in lung adenocarcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2016;22:3630-3642.

    Not in our library10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-1434

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    Redfern AD, Spalding LJ, Thompson EW. The Kraken Wakes: induced EMT as a driver of tumour aggression and poor outcome. Clin Exp Metastasis. 2018;35:285-308.

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    Jonckheere S, Adams J, De Groote D, Campbell K, Berx G, Goossens S. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as a therapeutic target. Cells Tissues Organs. 2022;211:157-182.

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    Xia L, Tan S, Zhou Y, Lin J, Wang H, Oyang L, Tian Y, Liu L, Su M, Wang H, et al. Role of the NFkappaB-signaling pathway in cancer. Onco Targets Ther. 2018;11:2063-2073.

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    Skrypek N, Goossens S, De Smedt E, Vandamme N, Berx G. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: epigenetic reprogramming driving cellular plasticity. Trends Genet. 2017;33:943-959.

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    Pattabiraman DR, Bierie B, Kober KI, Thiru P, Krall JA, Zill C, Reinhardt F, Tam WL, Weinberg RA. Activation of PKA leads to mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition and loss of tumor-initiating ability. Science. 2016;351:aad3680.

    Not in our library10.1126/science.aad3680

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    Dongre A, Rashidian M, Eaton EN, Reinhardt F, Thiru P, Zagorulya M, Nepal S, Banaz T, Martner A, Spranger S, Weinberg RA. Direct and indirect regulators of epithelial-mesenchymal transition-mediated immunosuppression in breast carcinomas. Cancer Discov. 2021;11:1286-1305.

    Not in our library10.1158/2159-8290.cd-20-0603

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    Li M, Wang Y, Li M, Wu X, Setrerrahmane S, Xu H. Integrins as attractive targets for cancer therapeutics. Acta Pharm Sin B. 2021;11:2726-2737.

    Not in our library10.1016/j.apsb.2021.01.004

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    Almokadem S, Belani CP. Volociximab in cancer. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2012;12:251-257.

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