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General Information
Biological Significance
Epithelial is a transmembrane glycoprotein (40 kDa) also known as ESA or epithelial cellular adhesion molecule (Ep-CAM). This protein is expressed on basolateral cell surface in most simple epithelia and vast majority of cancers. According to the “Cancer Stem Cells” (CSC) theory, tumors are not viewed as simple monoclonal expression of transformed cells, but rather as complex tissue where abnormal growth is driven by a minority pathological CSC pool that on one hand has acquired tumor related features such as uncontrolled growth and ability to form metasis and on the other hand maintains its inherent capacity to self renew and differentiate into a phenotypic ally heterogeneous, although aberrant progency.