Correlation of overexpression of HMGA1 and HMGA2 with poor tumor differentiation, invasion, and proliferation associated with let-7 down-regulation in retinoblastomas

Human Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-502

  Mu, Guoying ^a   Liu, Han ^b   Zhou, Fang ^c   Xu, Xiaoyi ^c   Jiang, Hua ^c   Wang, Yan ^c   Qu, Yi ^c  

^a JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

HMGA1; HMGA2; let 7 microRNA; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HMGA PROTEINS; HMGA2 PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETINA; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77649340617     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.08.022     Document Type: Article

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