NOR1 is an HSF1- and NRF1-regulated putative tumor suppressor inactivated by promoter hypermethylation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1305-1314

  Li, Wenjuan ^a   Li, Xiaoling ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Xiayu ^b   Tan, Yixin ^b   Yi, Mei ^a,b   Yang, Jianbo ^c   McCarthy, James B ^c   Xiong, Wei ^a   Wu, Minghua ^a   Ma, Jian ^a   Su, Bo ^d   Zhang, Zuping ^a   Liao, Qianjin ^a,d   Xiang, Bo ^a   Li, Guiyuan ^a  

^a Central South University   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RESPIRATORY FACTOR 1; OXIDORED NITRO DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL60; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 80052403944     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: 14602180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr174     Document Type: Article

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