Genistein in the control of breast cancer cell growth: Insights into the mechanism of action in vitro

Cancer Letters

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-152

  Fioravanti, Laura ^a   Cappelletti, Vera ^a   Miodini, Patrizia ^a   Ronchi, Enrico ^a   Brivio, Moreno ^a   Di Fronzo, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura Dei Tumori   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cell cycle; Estradiol; Genistein; Growth factors; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GENISTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENISTEIN; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0032516722     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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