EGCG, a major component of green tea, inhibits tumour growth by inhibiting VEGF induction in human colon carcinoma cells

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 844-850

  Jung, Y D ^a,b   Kim, M S ^a   Shin, B A ^a   Chay, K O ^a   Ahn, B W ^a   Liu, W ^b   Bucana, C D ^b   Gallick, G E ^b   Ellis, L M ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Colon carcinoma; Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); Erk 1; Erk 2; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATECHIN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOKINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; TEA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0035937335     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1691     Document Type: Article

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