HAMLET kills tumor cells by apoptosis: Structure, cellular mechanisms, and therapy

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1299-1303

  Gustafsson, Lotta ^a   Hallgren, Oskar ^a   Mossberg, Ann Kristin ^a   Pettersson, Jenny ^a   Fischer, Walter ^b   Aronsson, Annika ^a   Svanborg, Catharina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Human milk; Lactalbumin; Protein folding; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASPASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HAMLET; HISTONE; OLEIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SKIN PAPILLOMA; TOXICITY; TUMOR CELL; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 18344368870     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.5.1299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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