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MMPs facilitate EMT-associated tumor progression. a. Exposure of epithelial cells to MMPs can directly induce EMT. b. Increased expression of MMPs in cells which have undergone EMT facilitates cancer cell invasion. c. EMT can produce nonmalignant stromal cells which drive tumor initiation and progression through production of MMPs.
