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Activation of Vimentin Is Critical to Promote a Metastatic Potential of Cholangiocarcinoma Cells

Waraporn Saentaweesuk^*†‡, Norie Araki^‡, Kulthida Vaeteewoottacharn^*†, Atit Silsirivanit^*†‡, Wunchana Seubwai^†§, Chutima Talabnin^¶, Kanha Muisuk^§, Banchob Sripa^†#, Sopit Wongkham^*†, Seiji Okada^**, Chaisiri Wongkham^*†

* Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
† Cholangiocarcinoma Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
‡ Department of Tumor Genetics and Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
§ Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
¶ School of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
# Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
** Division of Hematopoiesis, Center of AIDS Research, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan