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Erschienen in: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 3/2019

03.09.2019

The role of proteases in epithelial-to-mesenchymal cell transitions in cancer

verfasst von: Julia Mitschke, Ulrike C. Burk, Thomas Reinheckel

Erschienen in: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Abstract

Changing the characteristics of cells from epithelial states to mesenchymal properties is a key process involved in developmental and physiological processes as well as in many diseases with cancer as the most prominent example. Nowadays, a great deal of work and literature concerns the understanding of the process of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in terms of its molecular regulation and its implications for cancer. Similar statements can certainly be made regarding the investigation of the more than 500 proteases typically encoded by a mammalian genome. Specifically, the impact of proteases on tumor biology has been a long-standing topic of interest. However, although EMT actively regulates expression of many proteases and proteolytic enzymes are clearly involved in survival, division, differentiation, and movements of cells, information on the diverse roles of proteases in EMT has been rarely compiled. Here we aim to conceptually connect the scientific areas of “EMT” and “protease” research by describing how several important classes of proteolytic enzymes are regulated by EMT and how they are involved in initiation and execution of the EMT program. To do so, we briefly introduce the evolving key features of EMT and its regulation followed by discussion of protease involvement in this process.
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Metadaten
Titel
The role of proteases in epithelial-to-mesenchymal cell transitions in cancer
verfasst von
Julia Mitschke
Ulrike C. Burk
Thomas Reinheckel
Publikationsdatum
03.09.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Cancer and Metastasis Reviews / Ausgabe 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0167-7659
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10555-019-09808-2

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