What is the Snail Protein in Humans? Its Role in Development and Disease
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The Snail family of proteins, consisting of zinc finger transcription factors like SNAI1 and SNAI2, plays a crucial and highly conserved role in embryonic development, orchestrating the dynamic cell movements that form a new organism. However, the same molecules used in these vital processes can be hijacked by cancer cells to acquire migratory and invasive properties during metastasis.
