Psyllium extracts decreased neoplastic phenotypes induced by the Ha-Ras oncogene transfected into a rat liver oval cell line

Cancer Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-24

  Nakamura, Yasushi ^a   Trosko, James E ^a   Chang, Chia Cheng ^a   Upham, Brad L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic toxicity; Gap junctional intercellular communication; Psyllium; Ras Oncogene; Tumor promotion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISPAGULA;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTAGO OVATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0344737015     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2003.08.022     Document Type: Article

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