Gum mastic inhibits the expression and function of the androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2547-2555

  He, Mei Lan ^a   Yuan, Hui Qing ^b   Jiang, An Li ^b   Gong, Ai Yu ^c   Chen, Wei Wen ^b   Zhang, Peng Ju ^b   Young, Charles Y F ^c,d   Zhang, Jian Ye ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgeo regulated gene; Gum mastic; Prostate cancer cell line

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; KALLIKREIN; MASTIC; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CANCER CELL; CELL FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLIN D1; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RESINS, PLANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE KALLIKREINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33745204006     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21935     Document Type: Review

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