Tissue Transglutaminase Promotes Drug Resistance and Invasion by Inducing Mesenchymal Transition in Mammary Epithelial Cells

Anupam Kumar; Jia Xu; Samuel Brady; Hui Gao; Dihua Yu; James Reuben; Kapil Mehta

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013390

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Tissue Transglutaminase Promotes Drug Resistance and Invasion by Inducing Mesenchymal Transition in Mammary Epithelial Cells

Anupam Kumar,

Affiliation Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Jia Xu,

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Samuel Brady,

Affiliations Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Hui Gao,

Affiliation Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Dihua Yu,

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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James Reuben,

Affiliation Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Kapil Mehta

* E-mail: kmehta@mdanderson.org

Affiliations Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Tissue Transglutaminase Promotes Drug Resistance and Invasion by Inducing Mesenchymal Transition in Mammary Epithelial Cells

Anupam Kumar,
Jia Xu,
Samuel Brady,
Hui Gao,
Dihua Yu,
James Reuben,
Kapil Mehta

Published: October 12, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013390

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