Estrogen receptor α and aryl hydrocarbon receptor independent growth inhibitory effects of aminoflavone in breast cancer cells

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brinkman, Ashley M ^a,b   Wu, Jiacai ^b,c   Ersland, Karen ^d   Xu, Wei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GUILIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoflavone; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Breast cancer; Estrogen receptor; Knockdown cell lines

Indexed keywords

AMINOFLAVONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AHR PROTEIN, HUMAN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYP1A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYP1B1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA, HUMAN; FLAVONOID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BREAST TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MCF 7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1B1; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA INTERFERENCE; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84901595200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-344     Document Type: Article

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