Regulation of the oncogenic function of distal-less 4 by microRNA-122 in hepatocellular carcinoma

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1375-1380

  Xie, Xu Hua ^a   Xu, Xiao Pei ^b   Sun, Chang Yu ^a   Yu, Zu Jiang ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Second People's Hospital of Zhengzhou City   (China)

Author keywords

Cell invasion; Cell proliferation; DLX4; Hepatocellular carcinoma; MiR 122

Indexed keywords

DISTAL LESS 4 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA 122; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; DLX4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICRORNA; MIRN122 MICRORNA, HUMAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; UPREGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEPG2 CELL LINE; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEP G2 CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICRORNAS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84926663804     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3554     Document Type: Article

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