We found a decreased expression of the epithelial markers CDH1, EpCAM, and increased expression of the mesenchymal markers CDH2, Vimentin, ZEB1, Snail, MMP14 and Twist in un-captured cells in gastric cancer cell lines AGS, SGC7901 and BGC-823 (Fig. 5). This evidence concerns the gene MMP14 and gastric cancer.