Thymosin β4 triggers an epithelial-mesenchymal transition in colorectal carcinoma by upregulating integrin-linked kinase

Oncogene

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2781-2790

  Huang, H C ^a   Hu, C H ^a   Tang, M C ^b   Wang, W S ^c   Chen, P M ^c   Su, Y ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

catenin; E cadherin; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Integrin linked kinase; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; THYMOSIN BETA4; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; CASEIN KINASE I; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE; LIMS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(4); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MESODERM; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CASEIN KINASE I; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MESODERM; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 34247479062     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210078     Document Type: Article

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