Stromal Fibroblasts from the Interface Zone of Triple Negative Breast Carcinomas Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and its Inhibition by Emodin

• Hsiang-Chi Hsu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hsiang-Chi Hsu, Liang-Chih Liu

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biopharmaceutical and Food Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Liang-Chih Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hsiang-Chi Hsu, Liang-Chih Liu

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hao-Yu Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biopharmaceutical and Food Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chao-Ming Hung,

  Affiliations Department of General Surgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Ying-Chao Lin,

  Affiliations Division of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taichung Branch, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Science, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chi-Tang Ho,

  Affiliation Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Tzong-Der Way

  * E-mail: tdway@mail.cmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biopharmaceutical and Food Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

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