Methylcobalamin decreases mRNA levels of androgen-induced growth factor in androgen-dependent shionogi carcinoma 115 cells

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-201

  Nishizawa, Yasuko ^a,b   Yamamoto, Takashi ^a   Tanigaki, Yumiko ^a   Kasugai, Tsutomu ^a   Mano, Masayuki ^a   Ishiguro, Shingo ^a   Fushiki, Shinji ^c   Poirier, Lionel A ^d   Nishizawa, Yoshio ^c  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GROWTH FACTOR; MECOBALAMIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033502108     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC352_15     Document Type: Article

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