Transcriptional factor OCT4 promotes esophageal cancer metastasis by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition through VEGF-C/VEGFR-3 signaling pathway.

Oncotarget · 2017 · PMC5641101 · PMID 29069758

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Although VEGF-C expression was unrelated to the differentiation of cancer cells, the VEGF-C expression level showed an increasing trend in the poorly differentiated ECC.

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