Silencing of E6/E7 expression in cervical cancer stem-like cells

Wenyi Gu, Nigel McMillan, Chengzhong Yu

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Abstract

Accumulating evidence supports the concept that cancer stem cells (CSCs) are responsible for the tumor recurrence and metastasis, the two major causes of cancer-related death. Therefore, CSC-targeted cancer therapy is important for the future development of more effective and advanced cancer therapy. One of the approaches is to specifically silence oncogene expression in CSCs and inhibit their growth. The significance of this approach is its specificity and ability to avoid multi-drug resistance of CSCs. In this chapter, we will describe a method of silencing HPV oncogenes E6/E7 in human cervical CSCs using HeLa cells as a model system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)173-182
Number of pages10
JournalMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1249
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Cancer stem cells
  • Gene silence
  • HPV E6/E7
  • RNAi

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