Cancer Letters
Volume 276, Issue 2 , Pages 189-195 , 18 April 2009

RNA interference targeting the CD147 induces apoptosis of multi-drug resistant cancer cells related to XIAP depletion

  • Ye-Hong Kuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
    • The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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  • Xiang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
    • The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Dermatology, Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China. Tel.: +86 731 432 7377; fax: +86 731 432 8478.
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  • Juan Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
    • The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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  • Li-Sha Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
    • The State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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  • Li-Qiu Liao

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China
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  • Dai Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Xiang Ya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiang Ya Road, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China
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  • Zhe-Sheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John’s University, New York, USA
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  • Takuro Kanekura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Received 16 September 2008 ,Revised 30 October 2008 ,Accepted 7 November 2008.

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PII: S0304-3835(08)00885-9

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.11.010

Cancer Letters
Volume 276, Issue 2 , Pages 189-195 , 18 April 2009