EMT and stem cell-like properties associated with HIF-2α are involved in arsenite-induced transformation of human bronchial epithelial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Xu, Yuan ^a   Li, Yuan ^a   Pang, Ying ^a   Ling, Min ^a   Shen, Lu ^a   Yang, Xiaojun ^b   Zhang, Jianping ^b   Zhou, Jianwei ^a   Wang, Xinru ^a   Liu, Qizhan ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BMI1 PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDH1 GENE; ARTICLE; BMI1 GENE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN BRONCHIAL EPITHELIAL CELL; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OCT4 GENE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ARSENITES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRONCHI; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 1; STEM CELLS; TERATOGENS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84861475201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037765     Document Type: Article

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