Vimentin-positive circulating tumor cells as a biomarker for diagnosis and treatment monitoring in patients with pancreatic cancer - Wei, Tao; Zhang, Xiaoyu; Zhang, Qi; Yang, Jiaqi; Chen, Qi; Wang, Jianxin; Li, Xiang; Chen, Junye; Ma, Tao; Li, Guogang; Gao, Shunliang; Lou, Jianying; et al. (Cancer letters, 2019)
Keywords: Adenocarcinoma; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antigens; Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate - analysis; Biomarker; Biomarkers; Biomarkers, Tumor - analysis; Cancer therapies; Cell adhesion & migration; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell surface; Chemotherapy; Clinical significance; CTCs; Epithelial-mesenchymal transition; Family medical history; Female; Genotype & phenotype; Humans; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical imaging; Membrane Proteins - metabolism; Mesenchyme; Metastasis; Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; Microfluidics; Middle Aged; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating - pathology; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasms - diagnosis; Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasms - pathology; Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasms - therapy; Patients; Phenotypes; R&D; Research & development; Tumor cells; Tumors; Vimentin; Vimentin - metabolism; China; Biomarker; EpCAM; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; CK; IPMN; EMT; CA19-9; Epithelial-mesenchymal transition; CTC; PDAC; CAFs; TGF-β; CTCs