Regulation of Autophagy by MiRNAs and Their Emerging Roles in Tumorigenesis and Cancer Treatment

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 334, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-26

  Chen, Liuxi ^a   Zhou, Yuxia ^b   Sun, Qiuhua ^c   Zhou, Jichun ^a   Pan, Hongming ^a   Sui, Xinbing ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Cancer treatment; MiRNA; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TUMOR MARKER;

AUTOPHAGY; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; LYSOSOME; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENESCENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85020648875     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2017.03.003     Document Type: Chapter

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