DLX4 upregulates TWIST and enhances tumor migration, invasion and metastasis

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1178-1187

  Zhang, Lianmei ^a   Yang, Manman ^a   Gan, Lin ^a   He, Tao ^a   Xiao, Xiuli ^a   Stewart, M David ^b   Liu, Xiaoyan ^a   Yang, Luquan ^a   Zhang, Tiandan ^a   Zhao, Yongxiang ^c   Fu, Junjiang ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; DLX4; E cadherin; Metastasis; TWIST

Indexed keywords

DLX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEK293 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUCIFERASES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84867525665     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.4458     Document Type: Article

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