Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 5 , Pages 1375-1383 , November 2005

Laminin-5 With Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Induces Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • G. Giannelli

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Gianluigi Giannelli, MD, Dipartimento di Clinica Medica, Immunologia e Malattie Infettive, Sezione di Medicina Interna, Policlinico, Piazza G. Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.fax: (39) 080 5478-126.
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  • C. Bergamini
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  • E. Fransvea
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  • C. Sgarra
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  • S. Antonaci

Received 5 July 2005 ,Accepted 31 August 2005.

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 Supported by the Italian Ministry for Instruction, University and Research (MIUR) (to G.G.).

 G.G. and C.B. contributed equally to this work.

PII: S0016-5085(05)01998-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.09.055

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 5 , Pages 1375-1383 , November 2005

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