EVI1-mediated down regulation of MIR449A is essential for the survival of EVI1 positive leukaemic cells

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-348

  De Weer, An ^a   Van der Meulen, Joni ^a   Rondou, Pieter ^a   Taghon, Tom ^a   Konrad, Torsten A ^b   De Preter, Katleen ^a   Mestdagh, Pieter ^a   Van Maerken, Tom ^a   Van Roy, Nadine ^a   Jeison, Marta ^c   Yaniv, Isaac ^c   Cauwelier, Barbara ^d   Noens, Lucien ^a   Poirel, Hélène Antoine ^e   Vandenberghe, Peter ^f   Lambert, Frédéric ^g   De Paepe, Anne ^a   Sánchez, Maria García ^h   Odero, Maria ^h   Verhasselt, Bruno ^a   Philippé, Jan ^a   Vandesompele, Joke ^a   Wieser, Rotraud ^b   Dastugue, Nicole ⁱ   Van Vlierberghe, Pieter ^a   Poppe, Bruce ^a   Speleman, Frank ^a   more..

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^e CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

ⁱ CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

BCL2; EVI1; MECOM; MIR449A; NOTCH

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 449A; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EVI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MICRORNAS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PROTO-ONCOGENES; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, NEOPLASM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 79960261778     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08737.x     Document Type: Article

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