Article
Glutamine modulates phenotype and stimulates proliferation in human colon cancer cell lines.
Cancer research - 15 Nov 1994
Turowski G A, Rashid Z, Hong F, Madri J A, Basson M D
Abstract excerpt
Glutamine supplementation has been advocated for patients requiring parenteral nutritional support. However, the direct effect of glutamine on neoplastic cells is poorly understood. We therefore investigated the effects of glutamine on the proliferation, differentiation, and cell-matrix interacti...
Topics
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Cathepsin C
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Colonic Neoplasms
- Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- Glutamine
- Humans
- Integrins
- Lactase
- Oligo-1,6-Glucosidase
- Phenotype
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- beta-Galactosidase
