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The claudin family of proteins in human malignancy: a clinical perspective

Tight junctions, or zonula occludens, are the most apical component of the junctional complex and provide one form of cell–cell adhesion in epithelial and endothelial cells. Nearly 90% of malignant tumors are derived from the epithelium. Loss of cell–cell adhesion is one of the steps in the progress...

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Autores principales: Ding, Lei, Lu, Zhe, Lu, Qun, Chen, Yan-Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3825674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24232410
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CMAR.S38294