Colorectal cancer cells Caco-2 and HCT116 resist epigenetic effects of isothiocyanates and selenium in vitro

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1327-1341

  Barrera, Lawrence N ^a,b   Johnson, Ian T ^b   Bao, Yongping ^a   Cassidy, Aedin ^a   Belshaw, Nigel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epigenetics; Isothiocyanates; Selenium

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; IBERIN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; SE METHYLSELENOCYSTEINE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM SELENITE; SULFORAPHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIGENETICS; ESR1 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; P16INKA GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; ISOTHIOCYANATES; KINETICS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SELENIUM; THIOCYANATES;

EID: 84878615059     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-012-0442-1     Document Type: Article

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