Anticancer actions of natural and synthetic vitamin E forms: RRR-α-tocopherol blocks the anticancer actions of γ-tocopherol

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1573-1581

  Yu, Weiping ^a,b   Jia, Li ^b   Park, Sook Kyung ^b   Li, Jing ^b   Gopalan, Archana ^a   Simmons Menchaca, Marla ^b   Sanders, Bob G ^b   Kline, Kimberly ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer actions; Apoptosis; Cell proliferation; Human breast cancer; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

2,5,7,8 TETRAMETHYL 2R (4R,8R,12 TRIMETHYLTRIDECYL)CHROMAN 6 YLOXY ACETIC ACID; 2,5,7,8-TETRAMETHYL-2R-(4R,8R,12-TRIMETHYLTRIDECYL)CHROMAN-6-YLOXY ACETIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; LIPOCORTIN 5; TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MICE; MICE, NUDE; TIME FACTORS; TOCOPHEROLS; TUMOR BURDEN; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 71149114268     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200900011     Document Type: Article

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