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Colon Cancer
Studies in the area of colon cancer reported from Qingdao University
July 9th, 2009
According to recent research from Qingdao, People's Republic of China, "RhoA and RhoC are deregulated by over expression in many human tumors, including colorectal cancer. Some reports show that they play a pivotal role in the carcinogenesis, tumor development and infiltration metastasis." "In this study, for the first time we constructed recombinant adenovirus to investigate the inhibitory effects of RhoA and RhoC shRNAs in tandem expression on the cell proliferation and invasion of colorectal cancer HCT116 cells. The recombinant adenovirus carrying RhoA and RhoC shRNAs in tandem expression was transfected into HCT116. The mRNA transcription and protein expressions of...
Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2009-07-09)
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