MicroRNA-143 reduces viability and increases sensitivity to 5-fluorouracil in HCT116 human colorectal cancer cells

MicroRNAs are aberrantly expressed in cancer; microRNA-143 (miR-143) is down-regulated in colon cancer. HCT116 human colorectal cancer cells were used to investigate the biological role of miR-143. Transient miR-143 overexpression resulted in an approximate 60% reduction in cell viability. In additi...

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Autor principal: Borralho, Pedro M. (author)
Outros Autores: Kren, Betsy T. (author), Castro, Rui E. (author), da Silva, Isabel B. Moreira (author), Steer, Clifford J. (author), Rodrigues, Cecilia M. P. (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21105
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/21105