Vimentin Is a Novel Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Target; Insights from In Vitro and In Vivo Mice Xenograft Studies

Guy Lahat; Quan-Sheng Zhu; Kai-Lieh Huang; Suizhao Wang; Svetlana Bolshakov; Jeffery Liu; Keila Torres; Robert R. Langley; Alexander J. Lazar; Mien Chie Hung; Dina Lev

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010105

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Vimentin Is a Novel Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Target; Insights from In Vitro and In Vivo Mice Xenograft Studies

Guy Lahat,

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Quan-Sheng Zhu,

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Kai-Lieh Huang,

Affiliations Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Suizhao Wang,

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Svetlana Bolshakov,

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Jeffery Liu,

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Keila Torres,

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Robert R. Langley,

Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Alexander J. Lazar,

Affiliations Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Mien Chie Hung,

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Dina Lev

* E-mail: dlev@mdanderson.org

Affiliations Sarcoma Research Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Vimentin Is a Novel Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Target; Insights from In Vitro and In Vivo Mice Xenograft Studies

Guy Lahat,
Quan-Sheng Zhu,
Kai-Lieh Huang,
Suizhao Wang,
Svetlana Bolshakov,
Jeffery Liu,
Keila Torres,
Robert R. Langley,
Alexander J. Lazar,
Mien Chie Hung

Published: April 16, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010105

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