Prohaptoglobin inhibits the transforming growth factor-β-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in vitro by increasing Smad1/5 activation and suppressing the Smad2/3 signaling pathway in SK-Hep1 liver cancer cells

• Mi-Kyung Oh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Life Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Bio-MAX institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

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• Hansol Joo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Life Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-532X

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• In-Sook Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ikim@catholic.ac.kr

  Affiliation Department of Medical Life Sciences, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5782-1593

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