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Name VentX
Type gene
Species Homo sapiens
Tissue Human embryonic kidney cell line 293 (HEK293), human cervical cancer cell line HeLa, human osteosarcoma U2OS cell line, and human primary fibroblasts IMR90;Human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line Nalm16
Experiment Method Western Blotting;Luciferase Reporter Assay;ChIP;RNA Interference;RT-PCR;B-Galactosidase Staining
Up/Down Down
Pro/Anti Anti
Funtion Description Here, we show that VentX is a direct transcriptional activator of p53-p21 and p16ink4a-Rb tumor suppression pathways. Ectopic expression of VentX in cancer cells caused an irreversible cell cycle arrest with a typical senescence-like phenotype. Conversely
Regulation Gene NA
Year 2011
Pubmed ID 21325273
Title VentX trans-activates p53 and p16ink4a to regulate cellular senescence.
Drug Doxo and ATRA
Disease cervical cancer
Environment Factors NA
Circulating NA
Variant NA
High-throughput NA