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Thyroid hormone induces progression and invasiveness of squamous cell carcinomas by promoting a ZEB-1/E-cadherin switch

Authors :
Caterina Miro
Emery Di Cicco
Raffaele Ambrosio
Giuseppina Mancino
Daniela Di Girolamo
Annunziata Gaetana Cicatiello
Serena Sagliocchi
Annarita Nappi
Maria Angela De Stefano
Cristina Luongo
Dario Antonini
Feliciano Visconte
Silvia Varricchio
Gennaro Ilardi
Luigi Del Vecchio
Stefania Staibano
Anita Boelen
Cedric Blanpain
Caterina Missero
Domenico Salvatore
Monica Dentice
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

The invasion of epithelial tumours often depends on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition. Here, the authors report that intracellular activation of thyroid hormone by the D2 deiodinase enzyme promotes invasion and progression of squamous cell carcinoma by transcriptionally up-regulating ZEB-1.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.525c7f8d0b1d4074aa8b48a33be11c22
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13140-2