Icariin exterts negative effects on human gastric cancer cell invasion and migration by vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein via Rac1 pathway

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 635, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 40-48

  Wang, Yongping ^a,c   Dong, Huimin ^a,c   Zhu, Meng ^a,b   Ou, Yangwen ^b   Zhang, Jie ^a   Luo, Hesheng ^c   Luo, Ruoyu ^c   Wu, Junzhu ^a   Mao, Ming ^b   Liu, Xiaoheng ^d   Zhang, Jingwei ^b   Wei, Lei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell invasion; Cell migration; Human gastric cancer cell; Icariin; Rac1; VASP (vasodilator stimulated phosphoprotein)

Indexed keywords

ICARIIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPIMEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952322578     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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