Influences of Lovastatin on membrane ion flow and intracellular signaling in breast cancer cells

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Wei, Na ^a   Man, Tian Mi ^a   Zhou, Yong ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular membrane ion transfer; Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC); Human breast cancer cells; Lovastatin; MAPK activity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); MEVINOLIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34249035461     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-006-0050-2     Document Type: Article

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