The silencing of Pokemon attenuates the proliferation of hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt pathway.

Pokemon (POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor), which belongs to the POK protein family, is also called LRF, OCZF and FBI-1. As a transcriptional repressor, Pokemon assumes a critical function in cellular differentiation and oncogenesis. Our study identified an oncogenic role for Pokemon in human...

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Main Authors: Chan-Chan Lin, Jing-Ping Zhou, Yun-Peng Liu, Jing-Jing Liu, Xiao-Ning Yang, Amarsanaa Jazag, Zhi-Ping Zhang, Bayasi Guleng, Jian-Lin Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3530584?pdf=render