Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors DEC1 and DEC2 regulate the paclitaxel-induced apoptotic pathway of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 491-495

  Wu, Yunyan ^a,b   Sato, Fuyuki ^a   Bhawal, Ujjal Kumar ^c   Kawamoto, Takeshi ^d   Fujimoto, Katsumi ^d   Noshiro, Mitsuhide ^d   Morohashi, Satoko ^a   Kato, Yukio ^d   Kijima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiated embryonic chondrocyte gene 1; Differentiated embryonic chondrocyte gene 2; MCF 7; Paclitaxel

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PACLITAXEL; POLY(ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE); SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DEFFERENTIATED EMBRYONIC CHONDROCYTE 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DIFFERENTIATED EMBRYONIC CHONDROCYTE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 79952228140     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.617     Document Type: Article

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