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DOI: 10.14670/HH-11-678
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Título: | The role of EpCAM in physiology and pathology of the epithelium |
Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
Editorial: | Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología |
Cita bibliográfica: | Histology and Histopathology, vol.31,nº4, (2016) |
ISSN: | 1699-5848 0213-3911 |
Materias relacionadas: | CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina::616 - Patología. Medicina clínica. Oncología |
Palabras clave: | EpCAM Wnt TGF-β EMT EpEX EpICD |
Resumen: | Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule (EpCAM) has been discovered as one of the first tumor-specific antigens overexpressed in epithelial cancer. The present review focuses on the role of EpCAM in physiology and homeostasis of epithelia. Recent research pointed to a close interaction of EpCAM with other cell-cell contact molecules like E-cadherin and claudins and an intimate crosstalk with Wnt and TGF-beta signaling in the regulation of cell growth. Moreover, EpCAM has been shown to modulate trans-epithelial migration processes of white blood cells. Mutations of the EpCAM gene lead to disturbances of epithelial homeostasis and cellular differentiation from the stem cell compartment. In the intestinal tract EpCAM mutations contribute to congenital tufting enteropathy. Regarding tumorigenesis EpCAM can act as an oncogene still depending on additional driver mutations and epithelial phenotype of tumor cells. Tumor cells display increased EpCAM expression that often correlates with the loss of strict basolateral localization. Many tumors show enhanced regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP) of EpCAM and loose EpCAM expression under conditions of epithelial to mesenchymal transition. The resulting extracellular EpEX and intracellular EpICD fragments mediate proliferative signals to the cell. Resulting fragments can be validated either by sensitive enzymelinked immune-sandwich assays (EpEX) or by immunohistochemistry (EpICD). The present review gives an overview on the detection of EpCAM fragments as predictive markers for disease progression and survival of cancer patients. |
Autor/es principal/es: | Martowicz, Agnieszka Seeber, Andreas Untergasser, Gerold |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10201/109884 |
DOI: | DOI: 10.14670/HH-11-678 |
Tipo de documento: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Número páginas / Extensión: | 7 |
Derechos: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Vol.31, nº4 (2016) |
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