Molecular pathways: The role of NR4A orphan nuclear receptors in cancer

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3223-3228

  Mohan, Helen M ^a,b   Aherne, Carol M ^c   Rogers, Ailin C ^a,b   Baird, Alan W ^a   Winter, Des C ^b   Murphy, Evelyn P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c Mucosal Inflammation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 BIS(3' INDOYL) 1 PARA HYDROXYPHENYLMETHANE; 6 [3 (1 ADAMANTYL) 4 HYDROXYPHENYL] 2 NAPHTHOIC ACID; [1,1 BIS(3' INDOYL) 1 (4 ANISYL)]METHANE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUTYRIC ACID; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYTOSPORONE B; DIINDOYLMETHANE DERIVATIVE; DOXORUBICIN; FARNOQUINONE; FLUOROURACIL; LITHIUM; N BUTYLENEPHTHALIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NU BCP9; NUCLEAR FAMILY 4 SUBGROUP A RECEPTOR; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; PCH 4; PROTEIN BCL 2; RETINOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA REPAIR; DRUG MECHANISM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84862545879     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: 15573265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-2953     Document Type: Review

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