Silibinin down-regulates prostate epithelium-derived ets transcription factor in LNCaP prostate cancer cells

Planta Medica

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-400

  Thelen, Paul ^a   Jarry, Hubertus ^a   Ringert, Rolf Hermann ^a   Wuttke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor co activator; PDEF; Prostate cancer; PSA; Silibinin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SILIBININ; SILYBUM MARIANUM EXTRACT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILYBUM MARIANUM; STIMULATION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MILK THISTLE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SILYMARIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SILYBUM MARIANUM;

EID: 2642583226     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-818965     Document Type: Article

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