Zip4 (Slc39a4) Expression is Activated in Hepatocellular Carcinomas and Functions to Repress Apoptosis, Enhance Cell Cycle and Increase Migration

Benjamin P. Weaver; Yuxia Zhang; Stephen Hiscox; Grace L. Guo; Udayan Apte; Kathryn M. Taylor; Christian T. Sheline; Li Wang; Glen K. Andrews

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013158

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Zip4 (Slc39a4) Expression is Activated in Hepatocellular Carcinomas and Functions to Repress Apoptosis, Enhance Cell Cycle and Increase Migration

Benjamin P. Weaver ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin P. Weaver, Yuxia Zhang

Current address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Yuxia Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin P. Weaver, Yuxia Zhang

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Stephen Hiscox,

Affiliation Tenovus Centre for Cancer Research, Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Grace L. Guo,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Udayan Apte,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Kathryn M. Taylor,

Affiliation Tenovus Centre for Cancer Research, Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Christian T. Sheline,

Affiliation Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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Li Wang,

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Glen K. Andrews

* E-mail: gandrews@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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Zip4 (Slc39a4) Expression is Activated in Hepatocellular Carcinomas and Functions to Repress Apoptosis, Enhance Cell Cycle and Increase Migration

Benjamin P. Weaver,
Yuxia Zhang,
Stephen Hiscox,
Grace L. Guo,
Udayan Apte,
Kathryn M. Taylor,
Christian T. Sheline,
Li Wang,
Glen K. Andrews

Published: October 4, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013158

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