Twist2 promotes ovarian cancer cell survival through activation of Akt

Oncology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-174

  Mao, Yubin ^a   Xu, Jinfei ^a   Song, Gang ^b   Zhang, Nini ^a   Yin, Hao ^a  

^a Department of Pathophysiology in Basic Science ^*  (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hypoxia inducible factor 1 ; Ovarian cancer; Twist2

Indexed keywords

DEFEROXAMINE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TWIST2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TUMOR GROWTH; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84878320315     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2013.1316     Document Type: Article

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