Biosynthesis and degradation of bioactive fatty acid amides in human breast cancer and rat pheochromocytoma cells - Implications for cell proliferation and differentiation

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 634-642

  Bisogno, Tiziana ^a   Katayama, Kazuhisa ^b   Melck, Dominique ^a   Ueda, Natsuo ^b   De Petrocellis, Luciano ^c   Yamamoto, Shozo ^b   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^a,d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Breast cancer; Cannabinoid; Oleamide; PC12 cells

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; OLEIC ACIDS; PC12 CELLS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032526098     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540634.x     Document Type: Article

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