miR-221/222 is the regulator of Cx43 expression in human glioblastoma cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1504-1510

  Hao, Jianwei ^a,b,c   Zhang, Chunzhi ^d   Zhang, Anlin ^a,b,c   Wang, Kun ^a,b,c   Zhifan, J A ^a,b,c   Wang, Guangxtu ^a,b,c   Han, Lei ^a,b,c   Kang, Chunsheng ^a,b,c   Pu, Peiyu ^a,b,c  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Neurological Institute   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d TIANJIN HUANHU HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Apoptosis; Cell proliferation; Connexin43; Gap junction intercellular communication; Glioma; microRNA 221 222

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MICRORNA; MIR 221; MIR 222; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CX43 GENE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONNEXIN 43; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE SILENCING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE;

EID: 84863287433     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2012.1652     Document Type: Article

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