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Virginia Commonwealth University

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HCC

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Snd1-Targeted Gene Therapy For Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Bryan D. Mckiver Jan 2018

Snd1-Targeted Gene Therapy For Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Bryan D. Mckiver

Theses and Dissertations

Staphylococcal nuclease and tudor-domain containing 1 (SND1) is an oncogene for a wide variety of cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SND1 is a multifunctional protein regulating gene expression of proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, making SND1 a prime target for developing cancer therapeutics. This notion is especially attributed to HCC as most patients are diagnosed in advanced stages and the therapeutic options available for these patients are severely limited. In this study, we evaluated the therapeutic potential of a replication-defective adenovirus vector delivering SND1 shRNA (Ad.SND1sh) to human HCC cell lines, HepG3, HuH-7, and Hep3B. Adenovirus infection in HCC cells …


Characterization Of Staphylococcal Nuclease And Tudor Domain Containing Protein 1 (Snd1) As A Molecular Target In Hepatocellular Carcinoma And Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, Nidhi H. Jariwala Jan 2017

Characterization Of Staphylococcal Nuclease And Tudor Domain Containing Protein 1 (Snd1) As A Molecular Target In Hepatocellular Carcinoma And Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis, Nidhi H. Jariwala

Theses and Dissertations

CHARACTERIZATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL NUCLEASE AND TUDOR DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 (SND1) AS A MOLECULAR TARGET IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA AND NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS

Nidhi Jariwala, PhD

A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Integrative Life Sciences

Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017

Devanand Sarkar, M.B.B.S., PhD.

Associate Professor, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

SND1, a subunit of the miRNA regulatory complex RISC, has been implicated as an oncogene in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Oncoprotein SND1 regulates gene expression at a post-transcriptional level in multiple cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …


Snd1 Mediated Downregulation Of Ptpn23 In Hcc, Nidhi Jariwala Jan 2014

Snd1 Mediated Downregulation Of Ptpn23 In Hcc, Nidhi Jariwala

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SND1 MEDIATED DOWNREGULATION OF PTPN23 IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

By Nidhi Jariwala, MS

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science at Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014.

ADVISOR: Dr. Devanand Sarkar

Associate Professor, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics Blick Scholar Associate Scientific Director, Cancer Therapeutics VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine Massey Cancer Center

ABSTRACT

Staphyloccocal nuclease domain containing protein 1 (SND1) is identified as an oncogene in multiple cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SND1 regulates gene expression at transcriptional as well as post-transcriptional level and mediates molecular pathways that culminate into carcinogenesis. SND1 …