Whey acidic protein (WAP) depresses the proliferation of mouse (MMT) and human (MCF-7) mammary tumor cells

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 649-656

  Nukumi, Naoko ^a   Iwamori, Tokuko ^a   Naito, Kunihiko ^a   Tojo, Hideaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cyclin D1; FACScan; Mammary tumor; WAP

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN; RNA; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEINS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CLONE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; UDDER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MILK PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSFECTION;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 27744567115     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17040     Document Type: Article

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