To evaluate the correlation between ETS-1 and EMT-related molecules, we analyzed the expression levels of ETS-1, N-cadherin and E-cadherin by RT-PCR in the following pancreatic cancer cell lines: PaTu-8988t, SW1990, Capan2, Panc-1 and BxPC3. Here, CDH1 is linked to familial pancreatic carcinoma.