Flavones inhibit breast cancer proliferation through the Akt/FOXO3a signaling pathway

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lin, Chia Hung ^a   Chang, Ching Yao ^b   Lee, Kuan Rong ^a   Lin, Hui Ju ^c,d   Chen, Ter Hsin ^e   Wan, Lei ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Akt; Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Flavones; FOXO3a; P27

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; CYTOCHROME C; FLAVONE; HOE 33342; LUTEOLIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXO3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE TARGETING; HS578T CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MDA MB 231 CELL LINE; MTS ASSAY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APIGENIN; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLAVONES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD BOX PROTEIN O3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LUTEOLIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84959099909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1965-7     Document Type: Article

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