Small RNAs targeting transcription start site induce heparanase silencing through interference with transcription initiation in human cancer cells.

Heparanase (HPA), an endo-h-D-glucuronidase that cleaves the heparan sulfate chain of heparan sulfate proteoglycans, is overexpressed in majority of human cancers. Recent evidence suggests that small interfering RNA (siRNA) induces transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) in human cells. In this study,...

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Main Authors: Guosong Jiang, Liduan Zheng, Jiarui Pu, Hong Mei, Jun Zhao, Kai Huang, Fuqing Zeng, Qiangsong Tong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3282686?pdf=render