HBx-dependent activation of twist mediates STAT3 control of epithelium-mesenchymal transition of liver cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1097-1104

  Teng, Jing ^a   Wang, Xiaoqian ^b   Xu, Zhenxing ^a   Tang, Nanhong ^b  

^a Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

epithelium mesenchymal transition; HBX; liver cell; stat3; twist

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE LOCUS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84875158677     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24450     Document Type: Article

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