Cell cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells exposed to eicosapentaenoic acid in vivo

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1375-1383

  Lai, P B S ^a   Ross, J A ^a   Fearon, K C H ^a   Anderson, J D ^a   Carter, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029822029     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.552     Document Type: Article

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