The anti-carcinogenic effect of statins in a rat model correlates with levels and synthesis of ubiquinone

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 425, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 348-352

  Acimovic, Jure ^a,b   Lövgren Sandblom, Anita ^a   Eriksson, Lennart C ^a   Björkhem Bergman, Linda ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; HMG CoA reductase inhibitors; Liver cancer; Q10; Q9; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ISOPRENE; MEVINOLIN; UBIQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER MICROSOME; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ISOENZYMES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; UBIQUINONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84865366343     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.094     Document Type: Article

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