title: RNAi screening for therapeutic targets in human malignancies.
abstract: The advent of RNA interference (RNAi) based library screening approaches has sparked a surge in loss-of-function genetic screens. Several recent screens have aimed to identify novel regulators of cancer-related phenotypes. These employ various tumor cell types to model malignant cell functions and use different RNAi effector library approaches to reveal a cache of novel tumor regulators. This review surveys recent RNAi screens conducted in transformed human cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Micklem
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lorens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D034622:RNA Interference; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering