Macrophage migration inhibitory factor induces epithelial to mesenchymal transition, enhances tumor aggressiveness and predicts clinical outcome in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

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Published in Int J Cancer on February 15, 2013

Authors

Naotake Funamizu1, Chaoxin Hu, Curtis Lacy, Aaron Schetter, Geng Zhang, Peijun He, Jochen Gaedcke, Michael B Ghadimi, Thomas Ried, Harris G Yfantis, Dong H Lee, Jeffrey Subleski, Tim Chan, Jonathan M Weiss, Timothy C Back, Katsuhiko Yanaga, Nader Hanna, H Richard Alexander, Anirban Maitra, S Perwez Hussain

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD.

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