Reduction of human chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit expression by modified U1 snRNA caused apoptosis in cervical cancer cells
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- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Cancer
- Vol. 7 (1) , 26
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-7-26
Abstract
Secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin, especially its beta subunit by malignant trophoblastic tumors and varieties of tumors of different origin is now well documented; however the role of hCG in tumorogenesis is still unknown.Keywords
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