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. 2017 Jun 26;17:447. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3413-3

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Fig. 1 — Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition. During EMT, non-motile epithelial cells trans differentiate to mesenchymal cells with increased migratory potential. During this, cells show decreased expression epithelial specific genes that include E-cadherin, OVOL1 and ESRP1. At the same time, expression of mesenchymal genes such as N-cadherin, VIM and ZEB1 increases