Non-coding RNAs and cancer

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 17085-17110

  Calore, Federica ^a   Lovat, Francesca ^a   Garofalo, Michela ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Long non coding RNAs; Small non coding RNAs

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 106; MICRORNA 15; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 222; MICRORNA 29; MICRORNA 34; MICRORNA 372; MICRORNA 373; MICRORNA 92; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84883183529     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140817085     Document Type: Review

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