| Literature DB >> 10463773 |
M Okamoto-Inoue1, S Kamada, G Kimura, S Taniguchi.
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A normal rat fibroblast 3Y1 cell line expresses smooth muscle a actin and the expression of alpha actin is suppressed in the transformant (SR-3Y1-2) induced by a Raus sarcoma virus. Gene transfer with smooth muscle alpha actin into the SR-3Y1-2 cell line reduced growth and invasiveness in vitro, as well as tumor growth and experimental lung metastasis depending on the expression of the alpha actin. These results indicated that smooth muscle alpha actin is involved in the regulation of cell growth as well as cell motility and thus leads to the suppression of malignant phenotypes in transformed cells.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10463773 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00150-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679