Article
Phenotypic features of breast cancer cells overexpressing ornithine-decarboxylase.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Apr 1995
Manni A, Wechter R, Wei L, Heitjan D, Demers L
Abstract excerpt
Polyamines (PA) have been shown to be critical mediators of estradiol-induced breast cancer cell proliferation. This finding suggests that constitutive activation of the PA pathway may promote tumor progression, possibly leading to hormone independence. To test this hypothesis, we transfected hormone-responsive MCF-7 breast cancer cells with a complementary DNA coding for ornithine-decarboxylase (ODC), the first...
Topics
- Breast Neoplasms
- Clone Cells
- Eflornithine
- Ornithine Decarboxylase
- Phenotype
- Polyamines
- Putrescine
- Receptors, Estrogen
- Receptors, Progesterone
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
