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Sodium butyrate inhibits cell growth and stimulates p21WAF1/CIP1 protein in human colonic adenocarcinoma cells independently of p53 status.
Nutrition and cancer - 1 Jan 2003
Kobayashi Hanako, Tan Er Mei, Fleming Sharon E
Abstract excerpt
Butyric acid, one of the short-chain fatty acids produced by microbial fermentation in the colon, exhibits antiproliferative activities in various cancer cell lines. The initial objective of the study was to assess whether the effect of sodium butyrate (NaB) on cell growth differed by p53 status of the cells. Four human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell lines were used: HT29 (p53 point mutation), Caco2 (p53...
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