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Georg Breier1, Marianne Grosser, Maryam Rezaei

  • 1Institute of Pathology, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany, georg.breier@uniklinikum-dresden.de.

Cell and Tissue Research
|March 13, 2014
PubMed
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Cadherins are crucial for cell adhesion. In breast cancer, vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin) promotes tumor growth and invasion, highlighting its role in cancer progression alongside other cadherins.

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