Suppression of Ku80 correlates with radiosensitivity and telomere shortening in the U2OS telomerase-negative osteosarcoma cell line

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 795-799

  Hu, Liu ^a   Wu, Qin Qin ^a   Wang, Wen Bo ^a   Jiang, Huan Gang ^a   Yang, Lei ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Yu, Hai Jun ^a   Xie, Cong Hua ^a   Zhou, Yun Feng ^a   Zhou, Fu Xiang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ku80; Radiosensitivity; Telomerase negative osteosarcoma; Telomere length; TRF2; U2OS cells

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; KU ANTIGEN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; TERF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OSTEOSARCOMA; RADIATION DOSE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; OSTEOSARCOMA; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84877643593     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.2.795     Document Type: Article

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