Emerging role of silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) in hepatocellular carcinoma: a potential therapeutic target

Tumor Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4063-4074

  Wu, Yuting ^a   Meng, Xiaoming ^a   Huang, Cheng ^a   Li, Jun ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); Proliferation; Silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1); Therapies

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 217; MICRORNA 29C; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 449; MYC PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RESVERATROL; SIRTUIN 1; SORAFENIB; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YAP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SIRT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

BINDING SITE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GLUCOGENESIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; UPREGULATION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; GENETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NAD; PROGNOSIS; SIRTUIN 1;

EID: 84938986181     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3488-x     Document Type: Review

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