The dietary flavonoid apigenin blocks phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced COX-2 transcriptional activity in breast cell lines

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3022-3027

  Yi Lau, Grace Tak ^a   Leung, Lai K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Breast cells; COX 2

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NUTRACEUTICAL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CELL; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77956339082     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.046     Document Type: Article

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