The Gαi and Gαq proteins mediate the effects of melatonin on steroid/thyroid hormone receptor transcriptional activity and breast cancer cell proliferation

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-488

  Lai, Ling ^a   Yuan, Lin ^a   Chen, Qi ^a   Dong, Chunmin ^a   Mao, Lulu ^a   Rowan, Brian ^a   Frasch, Tripp ^a   Hill, Steven M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogen receptor alpha; G proteins; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC AMP; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FORSKOLIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; CYCLIC GMP; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LUCIFERASE; PHOSPHORUS; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PURINE SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LUCIFERASES; MELATONIN; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 53749089138     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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