Dim light during darkness stimulates tumor progression by enhancing tumor fatty acid uptake and metabolism

Cancer Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Dauchy, Robert T ^a   Blask, David E ^a   Sauer, Leonard A ^a   Brainard, George C ^b   Krause, Jean A ^a  

^a BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatoma; Light; Linoleic acid; Melatonin; Pineal

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; HORMONE RELEASE; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DARKNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; LIGHT; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACIDS; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED BUF;

EID: 0032874387     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00207-4     Document Type: Article

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