Dietary carotenoids, connexins and cancer: What is the connection?

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 985-989

  Bertram, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Connexin43; Gap junctions; Gene regulation; Neoplastic transformation; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; BETA IONONE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CARCINOGEN; CAROTENOID; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HYDROCARBON; LYCOPENE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL; RETINOL DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; GAP JUNCTION; GENE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CAROTENOIDS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CONNEXINS; DIET; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10644247670     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0320985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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