Molecular effects of the herbal compound PC-SPES: Identification of activity pathways in prostate carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3920-3924

  Bonham, Michael ^a   Arnold, Hugh ^a   Montgomery, Bruce ^a   Nelson, Peter S ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; BETA TUBULIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METRIBOLONE; PC SPES;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037099609     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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