Efficient induction of apoptosis by wee1 kinase inhibition in hepatocellular carcinoma cells.

Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) potently inhibits human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell growth. Here we demonstrated that TGF-β1-induced apoptosis is mediated by decreased phosphorylation of cdc2 at Tyr15 accompanied by down-regulation of Wee1 kinase expression. As expected from these res...

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Main Authors: Tomomi Kogiso, Hikaru Nagahara, Etsuko Hashimoto, Shunichi Ariizumi, Masakazu Yamamoto, Keiko Shiratori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4069002?pdf=render