Can docosahexaenoic acid inhibit metastasis by decreasing deformability of the tumor cell plasma membrane?

Cancer Letters

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-168

  Zerouga, Mustapha ^a   Jenski, Laura J ^a   Booster, Scott ^a   Stillwell, William ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell deformability; Docosahexaenoic acid; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEUKEMIA CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METASTASIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; LEUKEMIA; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030693584     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00275-9     Document Type: Article

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