Therapeutic potential of microRNA let-7: Tumor suppression or impeding normal stemness

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 459-469

  Chiu, Shao Chih ^a,b   Chung, Hao Yu ^a,c   Cho, Der Yang ^a,b   Chan, Tzu Min ^b,d   Liu, Ming Chao ^a,b   Huang, Hiang Ming ^b   Li, Tsyng You ^a   Lin, Jian Yong ^a   Chou, Pei Chang ^a   Fu, Ru Huei ^a,b   Yang, Wen Kuang ^b   Harn, Horng Jyh ^a,b   Lin, Shinn Zong ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Everfront Biotech Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Lethal 7 (let 7); Stemness

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LETHAL 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIN-28 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICRORNA; MIRNLET7 MICRORNA, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT STEM CELL; CANCER CELL; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DEREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84900408157     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368914X678418     Document Type: Review

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