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Psyllium extracts decreased neoplastic phenotypes induced by the Ha-Ras oncogene transfected into a rat liver oval cell line.
Cancer letters - 8 Jan 2004
Nakamura Yasushi, Trosko James E, Chang Chia-Cheng, Upham Brad L
Abstract excerpt
Inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) by tumor promoters and oncogenes has been implicated in the removal of initiated cells from the suppression of growth by neighboring cells in the tumor promoting step of carcinogenesis. The GJIC of WB-Ha-ras cell line is GJIC-deficient and they are capable of anchorage independent growth (AIG). The ethanol extract of psyllium increased GJIC...
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