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GPx-1 modulates Akt and P70S6K phosphorylation and Gadd45 levels in MCF-7 cells.
Free radical biology & medicine - 15 Jul 2004
Nasr Mohamed A, Fedele Mark J, Esser Karyn, Diamond Alan M
Abstract excerpt
Selenium has been shown to prevent cancer in animal models, and recent data indicate it is likely to be effective in humans as well. One selenium-containing protein, the cytoplasmic form of glutathione peroxidase (GPx-1), has been implicated in cancer risk and development by genetic studies identifying at-risk alleles and loss of heterozygosity in tumors. In order to evaluate the biological consequences of GPx-1...
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