Human tumor growth in nude mice is associated with decreased plasma cysteine and homocysteine

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5 A, 2008, Pages 2541-2544

  Al Awadi, Farida ^a   Yang, Meng ^b   Tan, Yuying ^b   Han, Qinghong ^b   Li, Shukuan ^b   Hoffman, Robert M ^b,c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Human tumors; Methionine metabolism; Nude mice; Transulfuration

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 55749095720     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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