MicroRNA-21 is overexpressed in human cholangiocarcinoma and regulates programmed cell death 4 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3.

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Published in Hepatology on May 01, 2009

Authors

Florin M Selaru1, Alexandru V Olaru, Takatsugu Kan, Stefan David, Yulan Cheng, Yuriko Mori, Jian Yang, Bogdan Paun, Zhe Jin, Rachana Agarwal, James P Hamilton, John Abraham, Christos Georgiades, Hector Alvarez, Perumal Vivekanandan, Wayne Yu, Anirban Maitra, Michael Torbenson, Paul J Thuluvath, Gregory J Gores, Nicholas F LaRusso, Ralph Hruban, Stephen J Meltzer

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. fselaru1@jhmi.edu

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