Analogues of Y27632 increase gap junction communication and suppress the formation of transformed NIH3T3 colonies

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 829-839

  Hampson, L ^a   He, X T ^a   Oliver, A W ^a   Hadfield, J A ^b   Kemp, T ^b   Butler, J ^b   McGown, A ^b   Kitchener, H C ^b   Hampson, I N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Gap junctions; GJIC; Kinase inhibitors; NIH3T3; Y27632

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; AURORA A KINASE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 4; RAS PROTEIN; RHO GUANIDINE EXCHANGE FACTOR 16; RHO KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL TYPE; COCULTURE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 70249114824     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605208     Document Type: Article

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