The Journal of Urology
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 1372-1380 , March 2009

MicroRNA-143 as a Tumor Suppressor for Bladder Cancer

  • Tianxin Lin

      Affiliations

    • Equal study contribution.
    • ,
  • Wen Dong

      Affiliations

    • Equal study contribution.
    • ,
  • Jian Huang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Urology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 107 West Yanjiang Rd., Guangzhou, 510120, People's Republic of China (telephone: 86-13600054833; FAX: 86-20-81332853)
    • ,
  • Qiuhui Pan
    • ,
  • Xinlan Fan
    • ,
  • Caixia Zhang
    • ,
  • Li Huang

Received 5 August 2008

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 Study received institutional review board approval.

 Supported by Chinese National Scientific Research Special-Purpose Project in Public Health Profession 200802015, Chinese National Scientific Grants 30500507 and 30672092, 5010 Project of Sun Yat-sen University 2007018, the Public Health Ministry Clinical Key Project and a Yat-sen Scholarship for Young Scientists.

PII: S0022-5347(08)02997-2

doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.149

The Journal of Urology
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 1372-1380 , March 2009

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