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CDK8 knockdown in HT-29 human colon cancer cells

ABSTRACT: Transcriptional profiling of HT-29 human colon cancer cells transfected with non-targeting control (NTC) siRNA and two different siRNA sequences against CDK8 (siCDK8-1 and siCDK8-2). Three condition experiment comparing siNTC versus siCDK8-1 and siCDK8-2 after 3 days (3 biological replicates each); in total 9 samples profiled.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Adam Adler

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-30815 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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CDK8 maintains tumor dedifferentiation and embryonic stem cell pluripotency.

Adler Adam S AS McCleland Mark L ML Truong Tom T Lau Shari S Modrusan Zora Z Soukup Tim M TM Roose-Girma Merone M Blackwood Elizabeth M EM Firestein Ron R

Cancer research 20120216 8

CDK8 is a cyclin-dependent kinase that mediates transcriptional control of pathways linked to both cancer and stem cells. In this study, we show that CDK8 is required for both tumor growth and maintenance of tumor dedifferentiation in vivo and uncover a common role for CDK8 in controlling cancer and stem cell function. Acute CDK8 loss in vivo strongly inhibited tumor growth and promoted differentiation. Transcriptional profiling identified a set of embryonic stem cell-related genes that are acti ...[more]

PMID: 22345154

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CDK8 knockdown in HT-29 human colon cancer cells

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CDK8 maintains tumor dedifferentiation and embryonic stem cell pluripotency.

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