β-blockers: A novel class of antitumor agents

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 391-401

  Ji, Yi ^a   Chen, Siyuan ^a   Xiao, Xianmin ^a   Zheng, Shan ^a   Li, Kai ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adrenergic signaling; blockers; Angiogenesis; Cancer; Metastasis; Progression

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISOPRENALINE; METOPROLOL; NADOLOL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; TIMOLOL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MELANOMA; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84873920646     PISSN: 11786930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OTT.S38403     Document Type: Review

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