TY - JOUR
T1 - The EMT signaling pathways in endometrial carcinoma
AU - Colas, Eva
AU - Pedrola, Nuria
AU - Devis, Laura
AU - Ertekin, Tugçe
AU - Campoy, Irene
AU - Martínez, Elena
AU - Llauradó, Marta
AU - Rigau, Marina
AU - Olivan, Mireia
AU - Garcia, Marta
AU - Cabrera, Silvia
AU - Gil-Moreno, Antonio
AU - Xercavins, Jordi
AU - Castellvi, Josep
AU - Garcia, Angel
AU - Santiago Ramon Y Cajal, S.
AU - Moreno-Bueno, Gema
AU - Dolcet, Xavier
AU - Alameda, Francesc
AU - Palacios, Jose
AU - Prat, Jaime
AU - Doll, Andreas
AU - Matias-Guiu, Xavier
AU - Abal, Miguel
AU - Reventos, Jaume
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecologic malignancy of the female genital tract and the fourth most common neoplasia in women. In EC, myometrial invasion is considered one of the most important prognostic factors. For this process to occur, epithelial tumor cells need to undergo an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), either transiently or stably, and to differing degrees. This process has been extensively described in other types of cancer but has been poorly studied in EC. In this review, several features of EMT and the main molecular pathways responsible for triggering this process are investigated in relation to EC. The most common hallmarks of EMT have been found in EC, either at the level of E-cadherin loss or at the induction of its repressors, as well as other molecular alterations consistent with the mesenchymal phenotype-like L1CAM and BMI-1 up-regulation. Pathways including progesterone receptor, TGFβ, ETV5 and microRNAs are deeply related to the EMT process in EC. © Federación de Sociedades Españolas de Oncología (FESEO) 2012.
AB - Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecologic malignancy of the female genital tract and the fourth most common neoplasia in women. In EC, myometrial invasion is considered one of the most important prognostic factors. For this process to occur, epithelial tumor cells need to undergo an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), either transiently or stably, and to differing degrees. This process has been extensively described in other types of cancer but has been poorly studied in EC. In this review, several features of EMT and the main molecular pathways responsible for triggering this process are investigated in relation to EC. The most common hallmarks of EMT have been found in EC, either at the level of E-cadherin loss or at the induction of its repressors, as well as other molecular alterations consistent with the mesenchymal phenotype-like L1CAM and BMI-1 up-regulation. Pathways including progesterone receptor, TGFβ, ETV5 and microRNAs are deeply related to the EMT process in EC. © Federación de Sociedades Españolas de Oncología (FESEO) 2012.
KW - EMT
KW - Endometrial cancer
KW - Invasion
U2 - 10.1007/s12094-012-0866-3
DO - 10.1007/s12094-012-0866-3
M3 - Review article
VL - 14
SP - 715
EP - 720
IS - 10
ER -