Mir-34: A New Weapon Against Cancer?

Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids - Tập 3 - Trang e195 - 2014
Gabriella Misso1, Maria Teresa Di Martino2, Giuseppe De Rosa3, Ammad Ahmad Farooqı4, Angela Lombardi1, Virginia Campani3, Mayra Rachele Zarone1, Annamaria Gullà2, Pierosandro Tagliaferri2, Pierfrancesco Tassone5, Michele Caraglia5
1Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
2Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University and Medical OncologyUnit, T. Campanella Cancer Center, Salvatore Venuta University Campus, Catanzaro, Italy.
3Department of Pharmacy, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy
4Laboratory for Translational Oncology and Personalized Medicine, Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan
51] Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University and Medical OncologyUnit, T. Campanella Cancer Center, Salvatore Venuta University Campus, Catanzaro, Italy [2] Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Center for Biotechnology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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