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Editorial
. 2018 Sep;10(Suppl 26):S3143-S3146.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.19.

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition-induced metastasis could be a bait for natural killer cells

Riki Okita  1 , Katsuhiko Shimizu  2 , Masao Nakata  2
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Editorial

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition-induced metastasis could be a bait for natural killer cells

Riki Okita et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Sep.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Dr. M Nakata received research funding from Kyowa Kirin, Taiho Pharma, Ono Pharma, and Nihon Medi-Physics for research outside the scope of the submitted work. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Schematic diagram summarized the relationship between EMT and NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity. EMT, epithelial-mesenchymal transition; NK, natural killer; E-cad, E-cadherin; N-cad, N-cadherin.
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