Whey acidic protein (WAP) regulates the proliferation of mammary epithelial cells by preventing serine protease from degrading laminin

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 793-800

  Nukumi, Naoko ^a,b   Iwamori, Tokuko ^a   Kano, Kiyoshi ^a   Naito, Kunihiko ^a   Tojo, Hideaki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Yamazaki College of Animal Health Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (3 CHLOROANILINO) 6,7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIN D1; ELASTASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LAMININ; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MILK PROTEINS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PLASMIDS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 35848949076     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21155     Document Type: Article

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