Zinc finger protein 267 is up-regulated in hepatocellular carcinoma and promotes tumor cell proliferation and migration

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 695-701

  Schnabl, Bernd ^a,b   Valletta, Daniela ^a   Kirovski, Georgi ^a   Hellerbrand, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Kruppel like factor; ZNF267

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 267;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; TUMOR PROMOTION; UPREGULATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-1; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80053494409     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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