cell-cell adhesion molecules. Cadherins are responsible for a whole range of processes including development, wound healing, cell-cell signaling, cell growth and differentiation. N-cadherin is found in many locations including cardiac adherins junctions, oral squamous epithelial cells, and breast epithelial cells. Studies have linked N-cadherin to cancer metastasis by showing the aggressive tumor cells had preferentially turned on N-cadherin as opposed to E- or P-cadherin.

Cadherins a