CD44 variant, but not standard CD44 isoforms, mediate disassembly of endothelial VE-cadherin junction on metastatic melanoma cells
Keywords: HUVEC; human umbilical vein endothelial cell; EC; endothelial cell; CD44v; CD44 variant isoform; CD44s; CD44 standard isoform; TC; tumor cell; VE-cadherin; vascular endothelial-cadherin; TCM; tumor conditioned medium; siRNA; short interfering RNA; DAPI; 4