SMAD4 exerts a tumor-promoting role in hepatocellular carcinoma

Oncogene

Volumn 34, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 5055-5068

  Hernanda, P Y ^a,b   Chen, K ^a,c   Das, A M ^d   Sideras, K ^a   Wang, W ^a   Li, J ^a   Cao, W ^a   Bots, S J A ^a   Kodach, L L ^a   De Man, R A ^a   Ijzermans, J N M ^d   Janssen, H L A ^a,e   Stubbs, A P ^d   Sprengers, D ^a   Bruno, M J ^a   Metselaar, H J ^a   Ten Hagen, T L M ^d   Kwekkeboom, J ^a   Peppelenbosch, M P ^a   Pan, Q ^a  

^a ERASMUS MC CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Wijaya Kusuma University   (Indonesia)

^c ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SMAD4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MIGRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TUMOR PROMOTION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

EID: 84942838951     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2014.425     Document Type: Article

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