Ortiz C, Morales L, Sastre M, Haskins WE, Matta J. Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity assessment of sandalwood essential oil in
human breast cell lines MCF - 7 and MCF - 10A.
For the study, the researchers analyzed gene expression from
human breast cell lines lacking HOXA5.
Not exact matches
Potti and his colleagues began by testing chemotherapy drugs on cultured
cell lines from
human tumors, such as from the lung,
breast, or ovary.
The researchers observed the effect of the synthetically produced molecule, JK - 31, on the growth and proliferation of a model
human breast cancer
cell line and found that it effectively blocked the protein cyclin - dependent kinase 1 (CDK1), which plays a key part in the process of the division of cancer
cells, and therefore inhibited the proliferation of the
cells.
Beyond lung cancer, TiY is able to target TICs in 28 types of
human cell lines derived from the central nervous system, melanoma,
breast, renal, ovarian, colon, and prostate cancer.
To see whether cancer stem
cell renewal involves a chain of events similar to that used by embryonic stem
cells, and whether the process was affected by oxygen levels, Semenza and graduate student Chuanzhao Zhang focused their studies on two
human breast cancer
cell lines that responded to low oxygen by ramping up production of the protein ALKBH5, which removes methyl groups from mRNAs.
Through these effects, the PERY peptide reduced the proliferation of several (but not all) cancer
cell lines in culture and inhibited the growth of a
human breast cancer xenograft in mice.
In earlier studies involving animal models and
human cancer
cell lines, researchers found that
breast cancer spreads when three specific
cells are in direct contact: an endothelial
cell (a type of
cell that
lines the blood vessels), a perivascular macrophage (a type of immune
cell found near blood vessels), and a tumor
cell that produces high levels of Mena, a protein that enhances a cancer
cell's ability to spread.
The resulting «map» of gene - drug interactions allowed the researchers to accurately predict the responses of multiple
human cancer
cell lines to different chemotherapy agents based on the
cell lines» genetic profiles and also revealed new genetic factors that appear to determine the response of
breast and ovarian tumor
cells to common classes of chemotherapy treatment.
He is researching the functions and properties of
human sulfotransferase (EST) enzymes in
human breast cancer
cell lines.
In the lab, the scientific team used an approach that combined functional RNAi analysis with gene expression analysis in
breast cancer - derived
cell lines and in
human breast cancers replicated in mice.
Recent studies with
human breast cancer
cell lines have also shown that Shp2 mediates survival signals in cancer
cells.
The example shown reveals that these estrogen agonists show the strongest connectivity to each other in MCF7, a
human breast cancer
cell line that expresses the estrogen receptor.
The researchers then injected AAV2 into
human breast cancer
cell line - derived tumors in mice without functioning immune systems.
Here, we show that a non-adherent, stem - like, and metastatic CSC - enriched subpopulation could be isolated by exposing
human metastatic
breast cancer
cell lines to cycles of chronic hypoxia followed by reoxygenation.
Using cutting - edge techniques enabled by next - generation sequencing, the authors generated complete methylome maps at single nucleotide resolution in a low - passage
breast cancer
cell line and normal
breast tissue (primary
human mammary epithelial
cells).
To study the effect of hypoxia / reoxygenation cycles on
breast cancer, we exposed two metastatic
human breast cancer
cell lines (MDA - MB 231 and BCM2) to cycles of chronic hypoxia and nutrient deprivation.
Ab7291 staining alpha tubulin in
human breast cancer
cell line by ICC / IF (Immunocytochemistry / Immunofluorescence).
Conditions for hypoxia / reoxygenation cycles were optimized using two
human metastatic
breast cancer
cell lines (MDA - MB 231 and BCM2).
The
human breast cancer
cell line SKBR3 was purchased from the Duke University Cell Culture Facility and was maintained in McCoy's 5A medium (Life Technologies) supplemented with 10 % FBS (Life Technologies) and antibiot
cell line SKBR3 was purchased from the Duke University
Cell Culture Facility and was maintained in McCoy's 5A medium (Life Technologies) supplemented with 10 % FBS (Life Technologies) and antibiot
Cell Culture Facility and was maintained in McCoy's 5A medium (Life Technologies) supplemented with 10 % FBS (Life Technologies) and antibiotics.
Flavopiridol inhibits several cellular kinases and has demonstrated cytostatic and cytotoxic activity in vitro and in vivo in numerous
human tumor
cell lines and xenograft models (including
human breast, prostate, and lung carcinoma) at clinically achievable concentrations.
Cultures of the
human triple negative
breast cancer
cell line, HCC1806, were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10 % FBS.
In collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, experiments were also conducted to co-deliver paclitaxel and small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting a protein that prevents
cell death (Bcl - 2) to MDA - MB - 231
human breast cancer
cell line.
Recent reports show increased CSC activity following hypoxic exposure in
breast cancer
cell lines (18 — 20), but no reports have studied this rare population in primary
human breast cancer samples.
To confirm specificity, supernatant from transfected or transduced HB1.F3
cells was incubated with MCF7, MCF7 / HER2, or BT474, a
human breast cancer
cell line that endogenously overexpresses HER2.
It can efficiently introduce DNA into a
cell to be incorporated into its genetic make - up, i.e. induce high gene expression level, especially in both
human and mouse
breast cancer
cell lines, and mouse
breast cancer model.
ab1 staining HIF -1-alpha in MCF7 (
Human breast adenocarcinoma
cell line)
cells treated with metformin hydrochloride ab12084, by ICC / IF.
Dissertation: «Epigenetic Modification of Vitamin D - induced Gene Expression in
Human Colorectal and
Breast Cancer
Cell Lines.»
The curcumin metabolite tetrahydrocurcumin decreases the activity of the phase III transporters in
human cervical carcinoma and
breast cancer
cell lines.
The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry had on its December 2006 issue a report that found the ability of red raspberries to repress the
human oral and
breast, as well as colon and prostate tumour
cell lines growths when they were tested in test tubes.
Bottom
line While research has shown some benefits with regards to ER +
breast cancer
cell death and prevention of metastases within mice and cellular models, it is recommended that
human intake should be through diet only, not supplementation.
A recent study out of Georgetown University showed that the metals mercury, copper, cobalt, nickel, lead, tin, chromium and vanadate activated estrogen receptor alpha sites in
human breast cell cancer
lines in ways similarly to the
human estrogen estradiol.