Characterization of STAT3 expression, signaling and inhibition in feline oral squamous cell carcinoma

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brown, Megan E ^a   Bear, Misty D ^a   Rosol, Thomas J ^a   Premanandan, Chris ^a   Kisseberth, William C ^a   London, Cheryl A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; STAT3

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; LLL12 COMPOUND; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN MCL 1; STAT3 PROTEIN; SULFONAMIDE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUTH TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SULFONAMIDES; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84939152514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-015-0505-7     Document Type: Article

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