CDH11 and cancer: CDH11 is known as a transmembrane protein mediating cellular adhesion and a hallmark of mesenchymal phenotype that is broadly expressed in multiple cell types undergoing EMT including breast [17, 18, 20, 21], prostate [22, 23], brain [40], renal [24], bone [25], bladder [41], ovary [42] and gastric [43, 44] cancer cells.