MiR-21: An environmental driver of malignant melanoma?

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Melnik, Bodo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environment; Exosome; Inflammation; Melanoma; Milk; MiR 21; Obesity; Pollution; UV irradiation; Western lifestyle

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; B RAF KINASE; CYCLIN D1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MICRORNA 21; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN P53; SPROUTY PROTEIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; MICRORNA;

AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CAUCASIAN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; ONCOGENE N RAS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN TUMOR; SMOKING; TUMOR INVASION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; METABOLISM; POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84933037647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-015-0570-5     Document Type: Article

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