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Theaflavins target Fas/caspase-8 and Akt/pBad pathways to induce apoptosis in p53-mutated human breast cancer cells.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Feb 2010
Lahiry Lakshmishri, Saha Baisakhi, Chakraborty Juni, Adhikary Arghya, Mohanty Suchismita, Hossain Dewan Md Sakib, Banerjee Shuvomoy, Das Kaushik, Sa Gaurisankar, Das Tanya
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The most common alterations found in breast cancer are inactivation or mutation of tumor suppressor gene p53. The present study revealed that theaflavins induced p53-mutated human breast cancer cell apoptosis. Pharmacological inhibition of caspase-8 or expression of dominant-negative (Dn)-caspase...
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