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Nature Cell Biology 10, 1021 - 1023 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb0908-1021

Twisted epithelial–mesenchymal transition blocks senescence

Robert A. Weinberg1

  1. Robert A. Weinberg is at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Ludwig Center for Molecular Oncology, MIT Department of Biology, Cambridge MA 02142, USA.
    e-mail: weinberg@wi.mit.edu


The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular transdifferentiation program that enables epithelial cancer cells to acquire traits of high-grade malignancy, notably invasive and metastatic powers. A new study indicates that it may also function early in tumour progression by preventing oncogene-induced senescence.

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