Cell adhesion molecules' altered profile in benign and malignant salivary gland tumors. The paradigm of beta4-integrin, desmoglein-2, ICAM-1 and CD44s.

Dimitrios AndreadisAthanasios PoulopoulosApostolos EpivatianosAlexandros NomikosDimitrios ParlitsisKonstantinos ChristidisCalypso BarbatisDimitrios KavvadasAlexandros ToskasTheodora PapamitsouDimitrios Antoniades

Published in: Journal of biological research (Thessalonike, Greece) (2020)

The different expression profile of CAMs in SGTs could possibly suggest a role on their pathogenesis, representing a model of how neoplastic cells can take advantage of normal tissue architecture and cell-extracellular matrix interactions.

Keyphrases

cell adhesion
extracellular matrix
induced apoptosis
cell cycle arrest
single cell
cell death
stem cells
signaling pathway
cell proliferation