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The role of Snail in non-small cell lung cancer
The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental program frequently reactivated in cancer. It plays an important role in several aspects of tumor progression, particularly in the acquisition of invasive capacities facilitating metastasis. ...
EPFL2018Neutrophils and Snail Orchestrate the Establishment of a Pro-tumor Microenvironment in Lung Cancer
Nicolas Jean Philippe Guex, Nadine Fournier, Miguel Garcia, Etienne Meylan, Alessandra Piersigilli, Julien Robert Rémi Faget, Inti Zlobec, Gael Luis Boivin, Svenja Johanna Groeneveld, Loïc Steiner, Ioannis Xenarios
Understanding the immune compartment of tumors facilitates the development of revolutionary new therapies. We used a Kras(G12D)-driven mouse model of lung cancer to establish an immune signature and identified a contribution of Gr1 + neutrophils to disease ...
Cell Press2017Aquatic snails, passive hosts of Mycobacterium ulcerans
Accumulative indirect evidence of the epidemiology of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections causing chronic skin ulcers (i.e., Buruli ulcer disease) suggests that the development of this pathogen and its transmission to humans are related predominantly to aqua ...
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