The effect of statins on cancer cells—review

Tumor Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4889-4904

  Matusewicz, Lucyna ^a   Meissner, Justyna ^a   Toporkiewicz, Monika ^a   Sikorski, Aleksander F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Membrane rafts; Molecular pathways; Statins

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAPECITABINE; CAVEOLIN 1; CHOLESTEROL; COFILIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GEFITINIB; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IRINOTECAN; PITAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; SOLUTE CARRIER ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER 1B1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84938212167     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3551-7     Document Type: Review

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