Inhibitory effect of Cordyceps sinensis on experimental hepatic metastasis of melanoma by suppressing tumor cell invasion

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3429-3433

  Kubo, Erika ^a   Yoshikawa, Noriko ^a   Kunitomo, Masaru ^a   Kagota, Satomi ^a   Shinozuka, Kazumasa ^a   Nakamura, Kazuki ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B16 F0 mouse melanoma cell; Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF); Mouse model

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; SCATTER FACTOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INVASION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FRUITING BODY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA B16; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CORDYCEPS; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; TUMOR INVASION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CORDYCEPS; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS;

EID: 77958555042     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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