Mareel M, Bracke M, Van Roy F, Vakaet L
Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
Int J Dev Biol. 1993 Mar;37(1):227-35.
Homophilic interactions of E-cadherin serve the organization of embryonic and adult epithelia and counteract cancer invasion. The role of E-cadherin as an invasion-suppressor molecule has been demonstrated cancer. Regulation of embryonic ingression and cancer invasion via E-cadherin occurs at transcriptional, translational and post-translation levels.