Knockdown of TIGAR by RNA interference induces apoptosis and autophagy in HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 437, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 300-306

  Ye, Ling ^a,b,c   Zhao, Xiaoping ^b,d   Lu, Jian ^b   Qian, Guanxiang ^b   Zheng, Jialin C ^a,c   Ge, Shengfang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; RNA interference; TIGAR

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; BECLIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TP53 INDUCED GLYCOLYSIS AND APOPTOSIS REGULATOR;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; HCC; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNAI; ROS; SIRNA; SIRNA FOR TIGAR; SITIGAR; SMALL INTERFERENCE RNA; TIGAR; TP53-INDUCED GLYCOLYSIS AND APOPTOSIS REGULATOR;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84880727618     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.06.072     Document Type: Article

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