British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 435-438 , September 2008

Effect of using RNA interference to alter iNOS gene expression on the proliferation of tongue squamous cell carcinoma cell line Tca8113

  • Wei-liang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P. R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, 107 Yanjiang Road, Guangzhou 510120, P. R. China.
    • ,
  • Lan Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P. R. China
    • ,
  • Shu-guang Zeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guangdong Provincial Stomatologic Hospital/the Affiliated Stomatoligic Hospital of South Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510280, P. R. China
    • ,
  • Yong-jie Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, P. R. China

,Accepted 16 February 2008.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00059-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.02.009

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 435-438 , September 2008

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