Possible involvement of calpain in the growth of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 773-778

  Shiba, Eiichi ^a,c   Kim, Shoushin ^a   Fujitani, Masakazu ^a   Kambayashi, Jun Ichi ^a   Kawamura, Ikuo ^b   Tsujimoto, Susumu ^b   Shimomura, Kyoichi ^b   Tanji, Yoshio ^a   Taguchi, Tetsuya ^a   Kimoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Izukura, Masaaki ^a   Takai, Shin Ichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Calpain; Calpain inhibitor; Estrogen receptor; MCF 7

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPEPTIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALPAIN; CELL DIVISION; DIPEPTIDES; FEMALE; HUMANS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029952677     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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