Overexpression of methionine adenosyltransferase II alpha (MAT2A) in gastric cancer and induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in SGC-7901 cells by shRNA-mediated silencing of MAT2A gene

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-55

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b   Zheng, Zhichao ^b   Liu, Yanqing ^b   Zhang, Jianjun ^b   Zhao, Yan ^b   Liu, Yong ^b   Zhu, Haitao ^b   Zhao, Guohua ^b   Liang, Jiwang ^b   Li, Qiang ^b   Xu, Huimian ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gastric cancer; MAT2A; Proliferation; RNAi

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAT2A GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84869874295     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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