Hepatitis B virus induces cell proliferation via HBx-induced microRNA-21 in hepatocellular carcinoma by targeting Programmed Cell Death Protein4 (PDCD4) and Phosphatase and Tensin Homologue (PTEN)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Damania, Preeti ^a   Sen, Bijoya ^a   Dar, Sadaf Bashir ^a   Kumar, Satendra ^b   Kumari, Anupama ^a   Gupta, Ekta ^a   Sarin, Shiv Kumar ^a   Venugopal, Senthil Kumar ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

^b SOUTH ASIAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; MICRORNA 21; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH PROTEIN 4; RNA 5S; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MIRN21 MICRORNA, HUMAN; PDCD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICRORNAS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84897978329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091745     Document Type: Article

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