β-Sitosterol activates Fas signaling in human breast cancer cells

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 747-754

  Awad, A B ^a   Chinnam, M ^a   Fink, C S ^a   Bradford, P G ^b  

^a Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences ^*

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Extrinsic pathway; Phytosterols; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FAS LIGAND; SITOSTEROL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITOSTEROLS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 35148820279     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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