Liver X receptors as potential targets for cancer therapeutics (Review)
- Authors:
- Xiaoli Ju
- Pan Huang
- Miao Chen
- Qiang Wang
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Affiliations: Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China, Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China - Published online on: October 23, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7259
- Pages: 7676-7680
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