A study of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells was undertaken to ascertain the degree of apoptosis induction by paclitaxel and if the induction of apoptosis could be enhanced by caffeine. Paclitaxel (0-20 ng/ml) caused concentration-dependent increases in morphologically identifiable apoptotic cells (up
Extracellular matrix, Rac1 signaling, and estrogen-induced proliferation in MCF-7 breast cancer cells
✍ Scribed by J-W. Xie; S. Z. Haslam
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 502 KB
- Volume
- 110
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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