Cell Stem Cell
Volume 2, Issue 6, 5 June 2008, Pages 511-512
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Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and the Stem Cell Phenotype

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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental process in which epithelial cells acquire the motile, migratory properties of mesenchymal cells. In a recent issue of Cell, Mani et al. (2008) show that induction of EMT stimulates cultured breast cells to adopt characteristics of stem cells.

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