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Article: Sejong University publishes research in breast cancer.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- April 14, 2009
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"We studied the estrogenic activity and cellular effect of wild yam extract in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. The extract increased the activity of the progesterone receptor and pS2 genes at the mRNA levels in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells, although the effects were not as prominent as those of 17 beta-estradiol (E-2)," scientists writing in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine report (see also Breast Cancer).
"Western blot analysis showed that the level of estrogen receptor a protein was down-regulated after treatment with E2 or wild yam extract. Wild yam extract also inhibited proliferation of MCF-7 cells," wrote M.K. Park and colleagues, Sejong ...
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