# [Retracted] Epithelial cell adhesion molecule is overexpressed in hypopharyngeal carcinoma and suppresses the metastasis and proliferation of the disease when downregulated

**Authors:** Yakui Mu, Na Sa, Liang Yu, Sumei Lu, Haibo Wang, Wei Xu

PMC · DOI: 10.3892/ol.2026.15477 · 2026-02-02

## Full-text entities

- **Genes:** EPCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) [NCBI Gene 4072] {aka Ber-Ep4, BerEp4, DIAR5, EGP-2, EGP314, EGP40}
- **Diseases:** metastasis (MESH:D009362), hypopharyngeal carcinoma (MESH:D007012)

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12892823