Knockdown of autophagy-related gene BECLIN1 promotes cell growth and inhibits apoptosis in the A549 human lung cancer cell line

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1501-1505

  Wang, Wenyu ^a,b   Fan, Hongkun ^c   Zhou, Yun ^b   Duan, Ping ^c   Zhao, Guoqiang ^c   Wu, Gang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; BECLIN1; Caspase; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; BECLIN 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSFECTION;

LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 84875968074     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1379     Document Type: Article

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