UNC50 prompts G1/S transition and proliferation in HCC through regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor trafficking

ABSTRACT: Background: UNC50 has long been recognized as a Golgi apparatus protein in yeast, and is involved in nicotinic receptor trafficking in Caenorhabditis elegans, but little is known about UNC50 gene function in human biology despite it being conserved from yeast to high eukaryotes. Objectives: We investigated the relation between UNC50 and human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the potential mechanisms underlying HCC development. Methods: UNC50 mRNA expression patterns in 12 HCC and adjacent non-cancerous tissues determined using northern blotting were confirmed by real-time PCR in another 44 paired tissues. Microarray experiments were used to screen for global effects of UNC50 knockdown in the Hep3B cell line, and were confirmed by real-time PCR, western blotting, flow cytometry, and tet

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Long Yu 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-63322 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress