Evidence for dietary regulation of microRNA expression in cancer cells

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 477-482

  Davis, Cindy D ^a   Ross, Sharon A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Curcumin; Folate; MicroRNA; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CURCUMIN; FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE; MICRORNA; RAS PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONCOGENE RAS; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CURCUMIN; DIET; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; NEOPLASMS; TRETINOIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 48349133693     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00080.x     Document Type: Review

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