4-Methylumbelliferone inhibits ovarian cancer growth by suppressing thymidine phosphorylase expression

Journal of Ovarian Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tamura, Ryosuke ^a   Yokoyama, Yoshihito ^a   Yoshida, Hidemi ^a   Imaizumi, Tadaatsu ^a   Mizunuma, Hideki ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 Methylumbelliferone; HRA cells; Hymidine phosphorylase; Ovarian cancer; Peritonitis carcinomatosa

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 2; HYMECROMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVARIAN CANCER CELL LINE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUDE RAT; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR INVASION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; HYMECROMONE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RATS, NUDE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84964697860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17572215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13048-014-0094-2     Document Type: Article

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