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» Scientific References » Cancer Prevention - Breast Cancer

Cancer Prevention - Breast Cancer

2006

Samant GV, Sylvester PW (2006).
gamma-Tocotrienol inhibits ErbB3-dependent PI3K/Akt mitogenic signalling in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells. 39: 563-574.

        

2005

Sylvester PW, Shah S (2005) Intracellular mechanisms mediating tocotrienol-induced apoptosis in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells. Asia Pacific Journal Clinical Nutrition 14(4): 366-73.

Sylvester PW, Shah SJ, Samant GV (2005) Intracellular signaling mechanisms mediating the antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of gamma-tocotrienol in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells. Journal of Plant Physiology 162(7): 803-10.

Shah SJ, Sylvester PW (2005) Gamma-tocotrienol inhibits neoplastic mammary epithelial cell proliferation by decreasing Akt and nuclear factor kappaB activity. Experimental Biology and Medicine (Maywood) 230(4): 235-41.

Shah SJ, Sylvester PW (2005) Tocotrienol-induced cytotoxicity is unrelated to mitochondrial stress apoptotic signaling in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells. Cell Biology and Biochemistry 83(1): 86-95.

Sylvester PW, Shah SJ (2005) Mechanisms mediating the antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of vitamin E in mammary cancer cells. Frontiers in Bioscience 10: 699-709.

    

2004

Nesaretnam K, Ambra R, Selvaduray KR, Radhakrishnan A, Canali R, Virgili F (2004) Tocotrienol-rich fraction from palm oil and gene expression in human breast cancer cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1031: 143-57.

Shah S, Sylvester PW (2004) Tocotrienol-induced caspase-8 activation is unrelated to death receptor apoptotic signaling in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells. Experimental Biology and Medicine (Maywood) 229(8): 745-55.

Takahashi K, Loo G (2004) Disruption of mitochondria during tocotrienol-induced apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells. Biochemical Pharmacology 67(2): 315-24.

Nesaretnam K, Ambra R, Selvaduray KR, Radhakrishnan A, Reimann K, Razak G, Virgili F (2004) Tocotrienol-rich fraction from palm oil affects gene expression in tumors resulting from MCF-7 cell inoculation in athymic mice. Lipids 39(5): 459-67.

  

2003

Shah S, Gapor A, Sylvester PW (2003) Role of caspase-8 activation in mediating vitamin E-induced apoptosis in murine mammary cancer cells. Nutrition and Cancer 45(2): 236-46.

                 

2002

Sylvester PW, Nachnani A, Shah S, Briski KP (2002) Role of GTP-binding proteins in reversing the antiproliferative effects of tocotrienols in preneoplastic mammary epithelial cells. Asia Pacific Journal Clinical Nutrition 11 Suppl 7: S452-9.

Schwenke DC (2002) Does lack of tocopherols and tocotrienols put women at increased risk of breast cancer? Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 13(1): 2-20.

             

2001

Sylvester PW, McIntyre BS, Gapor A, Briski KP (2001) Vitamin E inhibition of normal mammary epithelial cell growth is associated with a reduction in protein kinase C(alpha) activation. Cell Proliferation 34(6): 347-57.

                      

2000

Nesaretnam K, Dorasamy S, Darbre PD (2000) Tocotrienols inhibit growth of ZR-75-1 breast cancer cells. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 51 Suppl: S95-103.

McIntyre BS, Briski KP, Gapor A, Sylvester PW (2000) Antiproliferative and apoptotic effects of tocopherols and tocotrienols on preneoplastic and neoplastic mouse mammary epithelial cells. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 224(4): 292-301.

McIntyre BS, Briski KP, Tirmenstein MA, Fariss MW, Gapor A, Sylvester PW (2000) Anti- proliferative and apoptotic effects of tocopherols and tocotrienols on normal mouse mammary epithelial cells. Lipids 35(2): 171-80.

        

1999

Yu W, Simmons-Menchaca M, Gapor A, Sanders BG, Kline K (1999) Induction of apoptosis in human breast cancer cells by tocopherols and tocotrienols. Nutrition and Cancer 33(1): 26-32.

            

1998

Nesaretnam K, Stephen R, Dils R, Darbre P (1998) Tocotrienols inhibit the growth of human breast cancer cells irrespective of estrogen receptor status. Lipids 33(5): 461-9.

            

1997

Guthrie N, Gapor A, Chambers AF, Carroll KK (1997) Inhibition of proliferation of estrogen receptor-negative MDA-MB-435 and -positive MCF-7 human breast cancer cells by palm oil tocotrienols and tamoxifen, alone and in combination. Journal of Nutrition 127(3): 544S-548S.

                     

1995

Nesaretnam K, Guthrie N, Chambers AF, Carroll KK (1995) Effect of tocotrienols on the growth of a human breast cancer cell line in culture. Lipids 30(12): 1139-43.

       

1989

Sundram K, Khor HT, Ong AS, Pathmanathan R (1989) Effect of dietary palm oils on mammary carcinogenesis in female rats induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene. Cancer Research 49(6): 1447-51.

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