Proliferative effects of γ-aminobutyric acid on the gastric cancer cell line are associated with extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 activation

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 688-696

  Maemura, Kentaro ^a   Shiraishi, Nanako ^a   Sakagami, Kumiko ^a   Kawakami, Ken ^a   Inoue, Takuya ^a   Murano, Mitsuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Masahito ^a   Otsuki, Yoshinori ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Cyclin D1; Extracellular signal regulated kinase; Gastric cancer; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BROXURIDINE; CYCLIN D1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KATO 3 CELL; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; STOMACH CANCER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 63849304269     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05687.x     Document Type: Article

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