Over-Expressed Twist Associates with Markers of Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition and Predicts Poor Prognosis in Breast Cancers via ERK and Akt Activation

• Yong-Qu Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yong-Qu Zhang, Xiao-Long Wei

  Affiliations The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Cancer Research Center of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Xiao-Long Wei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yong-Qu Zhang, Xiao-Long Wei

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Yuan-Ke Liang,

  Affiliations Cancer Research Center of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Changjiang Scholar’s Research Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Wei-Ling Chen,

  Affiliations The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Changjiang Scholar’s Research Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Fan Zhang,

  Affiliation Changjiang Scholar’s Research Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Jing-Wen Bai,

  Affiliations The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Cancer Research Center of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Changjiang Scholar’s Research Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Si-Qi Qiu,

  Affiliation The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Cai-Wen Du,

  Affiliation Department of Breast Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Wen-He Huang ,

  * E-mail: guoj_zhang@yahoo.com (GZ); huangwenhe2009@163.com (WH)

  Affiliation The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Guo-Jun Zhang

  * E-mail: guoj_zhang@yahoo.com (GZ); huangwenhe2009@163.com (WH)

  Affiliations The Breast Center, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Cancer Research Center of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China, Changjiang Scholar’s Research Laboratory, Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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