A signal network involving coactivated NF-κB and STAT3 and altered p53 modulates BAX/BCL-XL expression and promotes cell survival of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1987-1998

  Tin, Lap Lee ^a   Yeh, Jason ^a   Friedman, Jay ^a   Yan, Bin ^a   Yang, Xinping ^a   Yeh, Ning T ^a   Van Waes, Carter ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

BAX; BCL XL; HNSCC; NF B; p53; STAT3

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CANCER ANTIBODY; CARRIER PROTEIN; HSAJ2425 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN BCL X; STAT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLASMID; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NF-KAPPA B; PLASMIDS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 40749103000     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23324     Document Type: Article

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