The role of microRNAs in liver cancer progression

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-240

  Huang, S ^a   He, X ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; cell cycle progression; liver cancer; metastasis; microRNA

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLINE; DOXORUBICIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MICRORNA; PROTEIN BCL 2; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

EID: 78751575782     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606010     Document Type: Review

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