Long non-coding RNA AFAP1-AS1 facilitates tumor growth and promotes metastasis in colorectal cancer

Biological Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Han, Xu ^a,b   Wang, Lingling ^b   Ning, Yu ^b   Li, Shuang ^b   Wang, Zhenjun ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AFAP1 AS1; Colorectal cancer; Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT); Tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

AFAP1-AS1 LONG NONCODING RNA, HUMAN; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CARCINOMA; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HCT 116 CELL LINE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECONDARY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, LONG NONCODING; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 85016431425     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40659-016-0094-3     Document Type: Article

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