Radiation-induced microRNA: Discovery, functional analysis, and cancer radiotherapy

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 436-449

  Chaudhry, M Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

BIOMARKERS; MICRORNA; NON CODING RNA; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SENSITIVITY

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ATM PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CESIUM 137; DICER; DNA; LET 7A PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 34A; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BREAST CANCER; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TARGETING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION REPAIR; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BIOMARKERS; MICRORNA; NON-CODING RNA; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SENSITIVITY;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892700923     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24694     Document Type: Article

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