Rise and Fall of Epithelial Phenotype

1. EMT Concept and Examples from the Vertebrate Embryo
Elizabeth D. Hay

2. Epithelium-Mesenchyme Transitions Are Crucial Morphogenetic Events Occurring during Early Development
Olivier G. Morali, Pierre Savagner, Lionel Larue

3. The Neural Crest
Donald F. Newgreen, Sonja J. McKeown

4. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transformation in the Embryonic Heart
Raymond B. Runyan, Ronald L. Heimark, Todd D. Camenisch, Scott E. Klewer

5. Epithelial-Extracellular Matrix (Cell-ECM) Interactions in Hydra
Michael P. Sarras

6. Regulation of the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Sea Urchin Embryos
Gary M. Wessel, Hideki Katow

7. Change of Epithelial Fate
Atish Ganguly, Y. Tony Ip

8. Cutaneous Wound Reepithelialization
Valérie Arnoux, Christophe Côme, Donna F. Kusewitt, Laurie G. Hudson, Pierre Savagner

9. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions in Human Cancer
Veerle L. Marck, Marc E. Bracke

10. Structural and Functional Regulation of Desmosomes
Spiro Getsios, Lisa M. Godsel, Kathleen J. Green

11. Epithelial Cell Plasticity by Dynamic Transcriptional Regulation of E-Cadherin
Geert Berx, Frans Roy

12. The Regulation of Catenins in Cancer
Maralice Conacci-Sorrell, Avri Ben-Ze’ev

13. Hepatocyte Growth Factor Regulates Transitions between Epithelial and Mesenchymal Cellular Phenotypes during Normal Development and in Disease
Regina M. Day, Angelina Felici, Donald P. Bottaro

14. The Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factors in the Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Sylvia Julien-Grille, Robert Moore, Laurence Denat, Olivier G. Morali, Véronique Delmas, Alfonso Bellacosa, Lionel Larue

15. TGF?-Dependent Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Marie-Luce Vignais, Patrick Fafet

16. The Ras and Src Signaling Cascades Involved in Epithelial Cell Scattering
Brigitte Boyer

17. Regulation of E-Cadherin-Mediated Cell-Cell Adhesion by Rho Family GTPases
Masato Nakagawa, Nanae Izumi, Kozo Kaibuchi

18. Wnt Signaling Networks and Embryonic Patterning
Michael W. Klymkowsky

19. Cadherin-Mediated Cell-Cell Adhesion and the Microtubule Network
Cécile Gauthier-Rouvière, Marie Causeret, Franck Comunale, Sophie Charrasse

20. Matrix Metalloproteases and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
Christine Gilles, Donald F. Newgreen, Hiroshi Sato, Erik W. Thompson

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