Long non-coding RNAs: An emerging powerhouse in the battle between life and death of tumor cells

Drug Resistance Updates

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 28-42

  Xiong, Xing Dong ^a,b   Ren, Xingcong ^b   Cai, Meng Yun ^a   Yang, Jay W ^b   Liu, Xinguang ^a   Yang, Jin Ming ^b  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENN STATE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cell survival; Long non coding RNAs; Therapeutic resistance; Tumor

Indexed keywords

LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; ANIMAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RNA, LONG NONCODING; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84964974521     PISSN: 13687646     EISSN: 15322084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2016.04.001     Document Type: Review

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