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Wang J, Chan JYW, Fong CC, Tzang CH, Fung KP, Yang M. Transcriptional analysis of doxorubicin-induced cytotoxicity and resistance in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines. Liver Int 2009; 29:1338-47. [PMID: 19627484 DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02081.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Hepatoma is either intrinsically resistant to chemotherapy or response to it but later develop resistance. The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship of treatment with doxorubicin (Dox) in hepatoma HepG2 cells and drug resistance developed by Dox. METHODS We have analysed the bioactivities and gene expression profiles of multidrug resistant (MDR) HepG2/DR cell line and its parental HepG2 cell, which were exposure to Dox. RESULTS We confirmed that Dox-induced apoptosis of HepG2 cells in a time-dependent manner; cDNA microarray and hierarchical cluster analysis demonstrate that the features of the transcriptional programme of the later response to Dox in HepG2 cells and MDR HepG2/DR cells have a common character, which is upregulation of stress response, cytoskeleton, ubiquitin-proteasome pathway and repressed G-protein signal transduction system; differentially expressed genes in MDR HepG2/DR such as drug transporters and tumour-associated antigens were verified at the levels of mRNA by semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. CONCLUSIONS These results reveal novel co-ordinated changes that occurred in resistant HepG2 cells to survive from cell apoptosis elicited by Dox treatment.
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- Jin Wang
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, and Applied Research Centre for Genomics Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Wang J, Fong CC, Tzang CH, Xiao P, Han R, Yang M. Gene expression analysis of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell differentiation and cytotoxicity induced by natural and synthetic retinoids. Life Sci 2009; 84:576-583. [PMID: 26324987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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AIMS This study analyzed gene expression profiles of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells treated with natural and synthetic retinoids (ATRA, RII and R9158), in an attempt to investigate the structure-function relationship of the retinoids in inducing cell differentiation and cytotoxicity. MAIN METHODS Flow cytometry was used to determine cell cycle changes in HL-60 cells following treatment (1.0 μM) with natural and synthetic retinoids (ATRA, RII and R9158), and cDNA microarrays were used to monitor the gene expression profiles of HL-60 cells treated with the various retinoids. KEY FINDINGS Consistent with retinoid-induced cell differentiation, treatment with these three retinoids correlated with an increase in the percentage of cells arrested in the G1/G0 phase of the cell cycle. Microarray analysis showed upregulation of known differentiation genes, adhesion molecules, and the oxidase activation pathway following retinoid treatment. Differential expression of several genes was observed in HL-60 cells treated with the three retinoids. For example, tissue remodeling protein genes, ubiquitin genes, and signal transduction genes were highly expressed in ATRA- and R9158-treated HL-60 cells, but remained unchanged in HL-60 cells treated with RII. SIGNIFICANCE The above findings suggest that the differentiation of HL-60 cells induced by the three retinoids occurs through similar pathways, and that there exists a structure-function relationship regarding retinoids and the induction of cell differentiation and cytotoxicity.
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Wang J, Fong CC, Tzang CH, Xiao P, Han R, Yang M. Gene expression analysis of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cell differentiation and cytotoxicity induced by natural and synthetic retinoids. Life Sci 2009; 84:576-83. [PMID: 19302803 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2009.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2008] [Revised: 01/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AIMS This study analyzed gene expression profiles of human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells treated with natural and synthetic retinoids (ATRA, RII and R9158), in an attempt to investigate the structure-function relationship of the retinoids in inducing cell differentiation and cytotoxicity. MAIN METHODS Flow cytometry was used to determine cell cycle changes in HL-60 cells following treatment (1.0 muM) with natural and synthetic retinoids (ATRA, RII and R9158), and cDNA microarrays were used to monitor the gene expression profiles of HL-60 cells treated with the various retinoids. KEY FINDINGS Consistent with retinoid-induced cell differentiation, treatment with these three retinoids correlated with an increase in the percentage of cells arrested in the G1/G0 phase of the cell cycle. Microarray analysis showed upregulation of known differentiation genes, adhesion molecules, and the oxidase activation pathway following retinoid treatment. Differential expression of several genes was observed in HL-60 cells treated with the three retinoids. For example, tissue remodeling protein genes, ubiquitin genes, and signal transduction genes were highly expressed in ATRA- and R9158-treated HL-60 cells, but remained unchanged in HL-60 cells treated with RII. SIGNIFICANCE The above findings suggest that the differentiation of HL-60 cells induced by the three retinoids occurs through similar pathways, and that there exists a structure-function relationship regarding retinoids and the induction of cell differentiation and cytotoxicity.
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- Jin Wang
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, and Applied Research Centre for Genomics Technology, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Ma NF, Lau SH, Hu L, Xie D, Wu J, Yang J, Wang Y, Wu MC, Fung J, Bai X, Tzang CH, Fu L, Yang M, Su YA, Guan XY. COOH-terminal truncated HBV X protein plays key role in hepatocarcinogenesis. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:5061-8. [PMID: 18698024 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-5082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE X protein (HBx), a product of hepatitis B virus, has been closely associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Based on observations that the COOH-terminal truncated HBx was frequently detected in HCC, the aim of this study is to evaluate the function of COOH-terminal truncated HBx in hepatocarcinogenesis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Expression pattern of HBx was analyzed by immunohistochemistry on tissue microarray containing 194 pairs of HCCs and their matched nontumor liver tissues. MIHA and HepG2 cells transfected with full-length (X2) and COOH-terminal truncated HBx (X1) were tested for their ability to grow in soft agar and form tumors in vivo. Proliferation and apoptosis were assessed using 2,3-bis[2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl]-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide inner salt and terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling assays, respectively. To gain additional insight, the expression profile of HepG2-X2 and HepG2-X1 were compared using cDNA microarray. RESULTS COOH-terminal truncated HBx was frequently detected in HCCs (79.3%, n = 111), and our in vitro and in vivo studies showed that the truncated rather than the full-length HBx could effectively transform immortalized liver cell line MIHA. Interestingly, expression profiling revealed differential expression of key genes implicated in the control of cell cycle and apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS These findings strongly suggest that the COOH-terminal truncated HBx plays a critical role in the HCC carcinogenesis via the activation of cell proliferation.
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- Ning-Fang Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, 651 East Dongfeng Road, Guangzhou, China
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Wang J, Tai LS, Tzang CH, Fong W, Guan XY, Yang M. 1p31, 7q21 and 18q21 chromosomal aberrations and candidate genes in acquired vinblastine resistance of human cervical carcinoma KB cells. Oncol Rep 2008. [DOI: 10.3892/or.19.5.1155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Wang J, Tai LS, Tzang CH, Fong WF, Guan XY, Yang M. 1p31, 7q21 and 18q21 chromosomal aberrations and candidate genes in acquired vinblastine resistance of human cervical carcinoma KB cells. Oncol Rep 2008; 19:1155-1164. [PMID: 18425371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Vinblastine (VBL) is used to treat certain kinds of cancer including Hodgkin's lymphoma, lung cancer, breast cancer, testicular cancer and cervical carcinoma. However, the rapid development of resistance during therapy remains a major clinical challenge. In order to reverse cancer cell resistance, the goal of this study was to find differentially expressed genes and chromosomal alterations in multidrug resistant (MDR) KB-v1 cells, further to probe the relationship between drug resistance and differential genes, and chromosomal changes in MDR cancer cells. Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis of MDR KB-v1 and their parental KB-3-1 cells revealed chromosomal changes; microarray-based expression profiling was carried out by comparing the gene expressions of MDR KB-v1 cells and KB-3-1 cells. We have identified 3 chromosomal gains in regions of 1p31, 7q21 and 18q21 in MDR cells and 10 genes (CYR61, UGTREL7, MBD1, NARS, ATP5A1, ABCB1, ABCB4, PEG10, MCM7, SERPINE1) contained in these regions were also up-regulated in MDR KB-v1 cells. Forty-nine genes were down-regulated when KB-v1 cells were subjected to lower dose or depletion of the drug. We have confirmed some gene expression changes by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Northern blots. These are the first data describing the relationship of 1p31 and 18q21 chromosomal aberrations and candidate genes in acquired vinblastine-resistance. This study also demonstrates that the combination of CGH and cDNA microarray is a very useful tool to detect drug resistant targets in cancer treatment.
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- Jin Wang
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, PR China
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Fong CC, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Tzang CH, Fong WF, Wu RSS, Yang M. Dexamethasone protects RAW264.7 macrophages from growth arrest and apoptosis induced by H2O2 through alteration of gene expression patterns and inhibition of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) activity. Toxicology 2007; 236:16-28. [PMID: 17499901 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2007] [Revised: 03/21/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In this study, the effect of dexamethasone, a synthetic glucocorticoid, on H(2)O(2) stimulated murine RAW264.7 macrophages was investigated. It was found that dexamethasone protected the cells from apoptosis induced by H(2)O(2). A cDNA microarray, which consists of 1000 genes selected from a mouse clone set provided from NIA, was used to study the gene expression profiles involved in the protective effect. Our data show that dexamethasone exerts the anti-apoptosis function by changing the expression patterns of many genes involved inhibiting the up-regulation of apoptosis promoting genes and the down-regulation of cell cycle stimulating genes as well as keeping the up-regulation of cell survival related genes. Our study also revealed that dexamethasone protects RAW264.7 macrophages from H(2)O(2) induced apoptosis through blocking nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) activity.
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- Chi-Chun Fong
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, and Applied Research Centre for Genomics Technology, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Shi YF, Fong CC, Zhang Q, Cheung PY, Tzang CH, Wu RSS, Yang M. Hypoxia induces the activation of human hepatic stellate cells LX-2 through TGF-beta signaling pathway. FEBS Lett 2006; 581:203-10. [PMID: 17187782 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2006] [Revised: 12/02/2006] [Accepted: 12/04/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Hypoxia is a common environmental stress factor and is also associated with various physiological and pathological conditions such as fibrogenesis. The activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is the key event in the liver fibrogenesis. In this study, the behavior of human HSCs LX-2 in low oxygen tension (1% O2) was analyzed. Upon hypoxia, the expression of HIF-1alpha and VEGF gene was induced. The result of Western blotting showed that the expression of alpha-SMA was increased by hypoxic stimulation. Furthermore, the expression of MMP-2 and TIMP-1 genes was increased. Hypoxia also elevated the protein expression of the collagen type I in LX-2 cells. The analysis of TGF-beta/Smad signaling pathway showed that hypoxia potentiated the expression of TGF-beta1 and the phosphorylation status of Smad2. Gene expression profiles of LX-2 cells induced by hypoxia were obtained by using cDNA microarray technique.
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- Yue-Feng Shi
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Shi YF, Zhang Q, Cheung PY, Shi L, Fong CC, Zhang Y, Tzang CH, Chan BPL, Fong WF, Chun J, Kung HF, Yang M. Effects of rhDecorin on TGF-beta1 induced human hepatic stellate cells LX-2 activation. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2006; 1760:1587-95. [PMID: 17067743 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2006.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2005] [Revised: 09/13/2006] [Accepted: 09/13/2006] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Decorin is a small leucine-rich extracellular matrix proteoglycan composed of a core protein with a single glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chain near the N-terminus and N-glycosylated at three potential sites. Decorin is involved in the regulation of formation and organization of collagen fibrils, modulation of the activity of growth factors such as transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), and exerts other effects on cell proliferation and behavior. Increasing evidences show that decorin plays an important role in fibrogenesis by regulating TGF-beta, a key stimulator of fibrosis, and by directly modulating the degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) from activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). In this study, the core protein of human decorin was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant human decorin (rhDecorin) significantly inhibited the proliferation of LX-2 cells, a human HSC cell line, stimulated by TGF-beta1. RT-PCR result showed that the expression of metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) were reduced by rhDecorin in LX-2 cells stimulated by TGF-beta1. Furthermore, the protein expression of smooth muscle-alpha-actin (alpha-SMA), collagen type III and phosphorylated Smad2 (p-Smad2) was significantly decreased in the presence of rhDecorin. rhDecorin also reduced fibrillogenesis of collagen type I in a dose-dependent manner. Gene expression profiles of LX-2 cells stimulated by TGF-beta1 in the presence and the absence of rhDecorin were obtained by using cDNA microarray technique and differentially expressed genes were identified to provide further insight into the molecular action mechanism of decorin on LX-2 cells.
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- Yue-Feng Shi
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Zhang Y, Fong CC, Wong MS, Tzang CH, Lai WP, Fong WF, Sui SF, Yang M. Molecular mechanisms of survival and apoptosis in RAW 264.7 macrophages under oxidative stress. Apoptosis 2005; 10:545-56. [PMID: 15909117 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-005-1885-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Organisms living in an aerobic environment are continuously exposed to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Apoptosis of cells can be induced by ROS and cells also develop negative feedback mechanisms to limit ROS induced cell death. In this study, RAW264.7 murine macrophage cells were treated with H(2)O(2) and cDNA microarray technique was used to produce gene expression profiles. We found that H(2)O(2) treatment caused up-regulation of stress, survival and apoptosis related genes, and down-regulation of growth and cell cycle promoting genes. Numerous genes of metabolism pathways showed special expression patterns under oxidative stress: glycolysis and lipid synthesis related genes were down-regulated whereas the genes of lipid catabolism and protein synthesis were up-regulated. We also identified several signaling molecules as ROS-responsive, including p53, Akt, NF-kappa B, ERK, JNK, p38, PKC and INF-gamma . They played important roles in the process of apoptosis or cell survival. Finally, an interactive pathway involved in cellular response to oxidative stress was proposed to provide some insight into the molecular events of apoptosis induced by ROS and the feedback mechanisms involved in cell survival.
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- Y Zhang
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Hu L, Lau SH, Tzang CH, Wen JM, Wang W, Xie D, Huang M, Wang Y, Wu MC, Huang JF, Zeng WF, Sham JST, Yang M, Guan XY. Association of Vimentin overexpression and hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis. Oncogene 2004; 23:298-302. [PMID: 14647434 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been associated with recurrence and metastasis. Recently, we established a pair of HCC cell lines from a primary (H2-P) and its matched metastatic (H2-M) HCC tumors. A high density of cDNA microarray with 9184 human cDNA was used to identify the differentially expressed genes between H2-P and H2-M. Comparing with H2-P, eight upregulated and six downregulated genes were detected in H2-M. One interesting finding is the overexpression of Vimentin (VIM), a well-defined intermediate filament, which has been linked to a more aggressive status in various tumors. The correlation of overexpression of VIM and HCC metastasis was studied by immunohistochemistry using a tissue microarray with 200 primary HCCs and 60 pairs of primary and matched metastatic HCC samples. Tissue microarray demonstrated that the overexpression of VIM was significantly associated with HCC metastasis (P<0.01). This finding strongly suggests that the overexpression of VIM may play an important role in the metastasis of HCC.
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- Liang Hu
- Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Genistein, a natural isoflavanoid phytoestrogen, is thought to be the active ingredient in soy that possesses breast cancer preventive properties. The molecular mechanisms that are involved in its cancer preventive properties have not been completely understood. The present study is designed to investigate the mechanism involved in the inhibitory action of genistein in MCF-7 cells. Genistein at 50 and 100 microM significantly arrested the growth of MCF-7 cells at G2/M phase (P<0.05) and decreased at the proliferative S phase (P<0.05). Using cDNA microarray technology, genes differentially regulated by genistein were identified. In particular, as confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), genistein up-regulated heat shock protein 105 (HSP) mRNA and down-regulated mRNA expression of serum response factor (SRF), estrogen receptor (ER) alpha, disabled homolog 2 (DOC 2) and recombination activation gene 1 (RAG-1). Using real time RT-PCR, we have shown that HSP and SRF mRNA were both regulated by genistein in a time- and dose-dependent manner; however, it appears that only the effect of genistein on SRF mRNA, but not HSP mRNA expression, can be partially abolished by cotreatment with estrogen antagonist ICI 182,780. Western blotting analysis showed that the expressions of the ERalpha and SRF protein decreased significantly with genistein treatment (P<0.05). These results suggest that the inhibitory action of genistein on human breast cancer cells appears to be complex and is only partially mediated by the alteration of estrogen receptor-dependent pathways.
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- Wen-Fang Chen
- Central Laboratory of the Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, PR China
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