Research Article - (2014) Volume 5, Issue 5

Cancer-Associated-Fibroblast Induces Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition of Gastric Cancer Cells via Activating Thy-1

Weiguo Hu1,2#, Chao Li1,2#, Jing Sun1,2, Bo Feng1,2, Daohai Zhang3, Junjun Ma1,2, Lu Zang1,2, Hongchao Zhao1,2, Weiguo Xu1,2, Binya Liu4, Minhua Zheng1,2*# and Zhenggang Zhu1,2*
1Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China
2Shanghai Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Shanghai, PR China
3Cancer Research Group, The Canberra Hospital, and ANU Medical School, The Australia National University, Garran, ACT, Australia
4Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China
#Contributed equally to this work
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