<p>Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) is a form of embryonic cell plasticity reactivated in adult cells during injury and cancer. A recent study by Perelli et al. demonstrates that EMT confers an evolutionary advantage to tumors by inducing chromosomal instability, structural genomic rearrangements and chromothripsis, thus favoring the emergence of high-fitness malignant clones.</p>

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Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition drives cancer genomic instability

  • Julienne L. Carstens,
  • Sara Lovisa

摘要

Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) is a form of embryonic cell plasticity reactivated in adult cells during injury and cancer. A recent study by Perelli et al. demonstrates that EMT confers an evolutionary advantage to tumors by inducing chromosomal instability, structural genomic rearrangements and chromothripsis, thus favoring the emergence of high-fitness malignant clones.