MicroRNA-based regulation of epithelial-hybrid-mesenchymal fate determination

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 18144-18149

  Lu, Mingyang ^a   Jolly, Mohit Kumar ^a   Levine, Herbert ^a   Onuchic, José N ^a   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer systems biology; Metastable intermediate phenotypes; MicroRNA modeling; Multistable decision circuit; Partial EMT

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 141; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 34; MICRORNA 429; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HYBRID CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CANCER SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; METASTABLE INTERMEDIATE PHENOTYPES; MICRORNA MODELING; MULTISTABLE DECISION CIRCUIT; PARTIAL EMT;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84887278742     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318192110     Document Type: Article

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