Hiwi downregulation, mediated by shRNA, reduces the proliferation and migration of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1455-1461

  Xie, Yingjun ^a   Yang, Yongsheng ^a   Ji, Degang ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a   Yao, Xiaoxiao ^a   Zhang, Xuewen ^a  

^a CHINA JAPAN UNION HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hiwi; Human hepatocellular carcinoma cells; Migration; Proliferation; ShRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; PIWIL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; LENTIVIRINAE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84916235869     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2847     Document Type: Article

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