MicroRNA-26a suppresses recruitment of macrophages by down-regulating macrophage colony-stimulating factor expression through the PI3K/Akt pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chai, Zong Tao ^a   Zhu, Xiao Dong ^a   Ao, Jian Yang ^a   Wang, Wen Quan ^a,b   Gao, Dong Mei ^a   Kong, Jian ^c   Zhang, Ning ^a   Zhang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Ye, Bo Gen ^a   Ma, De Ning ^a   Cai, Hao ^a   Sun, Hui Chuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; M CSF; Macrophages; microRNA 26a

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 23; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MICRORNA 26A; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; MICRORNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LIVER TUMOR; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICRORNAS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES;

EID: 84930648448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13045-015-0150-4     Document Type: Article

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