Krüppel-like factor 8 is a new Wnt/beta-catenin signaling target gene and regulator in hepatocellular carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Tian ^a   Cai, Sheng Yun ^b   Zhang, Jin ^a   Lu, Jun Hua ^a   Lin, Chuan ^a   Zhai, Jian ^a   Wu, Meng Chao ^a   Shen, Feng ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 8; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P300; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AXIN1 GENE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIN D1 GENE; CYTOPLASM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; ONCOGENE C MYC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84862996885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039668     Document Type: Article

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