Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and cell proliferation: Focus on cancer cells

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 10-12, 2006, Pages 1135-1141

  Watanabe, Masahito ^a   Maemura, K ^a   Oki, K ^a   Shiraishi, N ^a   Shibayama, Y ^a   Katsu, K ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; GABA; GABA receptor; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CHANNEL GATING; COLON CANCER; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIOMA; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; LIVER REGENERATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PALATE; PANCREAS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLANT GROWTH; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STOMACH CANCER; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33746736350     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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