RNA interference (RNAi) and its therapeutic potential in cancer;RNA de interferencia y su potencial terapéutico en cáncer

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Vázquez Vega, Salvador ^a   Contreras Paredes, Adriana ^b   Lizano Soberón, Marcela ^b   Amador Molina, Alfredo ^b   García Carrancá, Alejandro ^b   Sánchez Suárez, Lilia Patricia ^c   Benítez Bribiesca, Luis ^c  

^a Hospital de Ginecopediatría 3 A   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cancer; Interference RNA; miRNA; siRNA

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE THERAPY; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 77952130422     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: 00348376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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