Consistent with the mRNA alteration, treatment with TGF-β increased the protein levels of the mesenchymal proteins N-cadherin, vimentin, snail, and slug, whereas the protein levels of the epithelial marker E-cadherin decreased in the TGF-β-treated NSCLC but not in the normal MRC5 fibroblast cells. Here, CDH2 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.