| Literature DB >> 11401318 |
M A Rumi1, H Sato, S Ishihara, K Kawashima, S Hamamoto, H Kazumori, T Okuyama, R Fukuda, N Nagasue, Y Kinoshita.
Abstract
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) ligands have been implicated in the growth inhibition and differentiation of certain human cancers with diverse tissue origin. In this study, expression of PPARgamma in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the effect of PPARgamma ligands on HCC cells were investigated in vitro using Hep G2, HuH-7, KYN-1 and KYN-2 cell lines. All cell lines were found to express functionally active PPARgamma and a marked growth inhibition was induced by thiazolidinedione ligands troglitazone, and pioglitazone as well as with its natural ligand 15-deoxy-Delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J(2). The growth inhibitory effect was associated with a dose-dependent inhibition of DNA synthesis, cell cycle progression and alpha fetoprotein expression. Copyright 2001 Cancer Research Campaign.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11401318 PMCID: PMC2363681 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.1821
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640