HIFs enhance the migratory and neoplastic capacities of hepatocellular carcinoma cells by promoting EMT

Tumor Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8103-8114

  Liu, Yang ^a   Liu, Yawei ^b   Yan, Xiaolu ^b   Xu, Yuan ^a   Luo, Fei ^a   Ye, Jing ^b   Yan, Han ^b   Yang, Xiaojun ^b   Huang, Xiaodan ^b   Zhang, Jianping ^b   Ji, Guozhong ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT); Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Hypoxia inducible factors (HIFs); Migration; Neoplastic capacities

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL PAS DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TWIST1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ZEB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84922391659     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-2056-0     Document Type: Article

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