Melittin prevents liver cancer cell metastasis through inhibition of the Rac1-dependent pathway

Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1964-1973

  Liu, Shujing ^a,c   Yu, Mei ^c   He, Ying ^b   Xiao, Lin ^b   Wang, Fang ^b   Song, Changcheng ^a   Sun, Shuhan ^b   Ling, Changquan ^a   Xu, Zhiheng ^c,d  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELITTIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; RAC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; HONEYBEE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MICROFILAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MELITTEN; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROFILAMENTS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 46249118135     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22240     Document Type: Article

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