Regulation of Mcl-1 by constitutive activation of NF-kappaB contributes to cell viability in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Haidan ^a   Yang, Jinfu ^a   Yuan, Yunchang ^a   Xia, Zhenkun ^a   Chen, Mingjiu ^a   Xie, Li ^a   Ma, Xiaolong ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Ouyang, Sufeng ^a   Wu, Qin ^a   Yu, Fenglei ^a   Zhou, Xinmin ^a   Yang, Yifeng ^a   Cao, Ya ^b   Hu, Jianguo ^a   Yin, Bangliang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Gene regulation; Mcl 1; NF B

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; NF-KAPPA B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84894238652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-98     Document Type: Article

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