Genistein, a soya isoflavone, prevents azoxymethane-induced up-regulation of WNT/β-catenin signalling and reduces colon pre-neoplasia in rats

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-42

  Zhang, Yukun ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Zhou, Dan ^a   Chen, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant crypt foci; Colon cancer; Soya genistein; WNT signalling

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN D1; GENISTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 2; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 5; TUMOR MARKER; WNT PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIN D1 GENE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SFRP1 GENE; SFRP2 GENE; SFRP5 GENE; TUMOR GENE; UPREGULATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT5A GENE;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCI; ANIMALS; AZOXYMETHANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOGENS; COLON, DESCENDING; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYCLIN D1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84872030397     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512000876     Document Type: Article

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