β-Carotene modulates human prostate cancer cell growth and may undergo intracellular metabolism to retinol

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 728-732

  Williams, Alexa W ^a   Boileau, Thomas W M ^a   Zhou, Jin Rong ^b   Clinton, Steven K ^c   Erdman Jr , John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Prostate cancer; Retinoids; Vitamin A; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROSTATE CANCER; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034102207     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.4.728     Document Type: Article

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