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

Research Article - (2014) Volume 5, Issue 5

Weiguo Hu^1,²^#, Chao Li^1,²^#, Jing Sun^1,², Bo Feng^1,², Daohai Zhang³, Junjun Ma^1,², Lu Zang^1,², Hongchao Zhao^1,², Weiguo Xu^1,², Binya Liu⁴, Minhua Zheng^1,²^*^# and Zhenggang Zhu^1,²^*: 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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