MiR-301a is a candidate oncogene that targets the homeobox gene gax in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1171-1180

  Zhou, Peng ^a   Chang, Ruimin ^a   Jiang, Wei ^a   Wu, Lielin ^a   Wu, Kemin ^a   Wang, Zhiming ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Gax; Hepatocellular carcinoma; MiR 301a; Nuclear factor B

Indexed keywords

GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 301A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEOX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; MIRN301 MICRORNA, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER TISSUE; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR CELL LINE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICRORNAS; MIDDLE AGED; NF-KAPPA B; ONCOGENES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84863620208     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2099-2     Document Type: Article

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