Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Tissue culture study of immortalized human leiomyoma and patient-matched myometrial cells treated with curcumin. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): Immortalized leiomyoma and myometrial cells from patients with symptomatic leiomyomata. INTERVENTION(S): Tissue culture, followed by proliferation studies, RNA, and protein analysis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Cell proliferation, alteration in apoptotic signaling pathways. RESULT(S): CONCLUSION(S):
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Authors | Minnie Malik, Mirian Mendoza, Mark Payson, William H Catherino |
Journal | Fertility and sterility
(Fertil Steril)
Vol. 91
Issue 5 Suppl
Pg. 2177-84
(May 2009)
ISSN: 1556-5653 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 18555241
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural)
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Chemical References |
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Caspase Inhibitors
- Fibronectins
- Caspases
- Curcumin
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Topics |
- Antineoplastic Agents
(pharmacology)
- Apoptosis
(drug effects)
- Caspase Inhibitors
- Caspases
(genetics, metabolism)
- Cell Division
(drug effects)
- Curcumin
(pharmacology)
- Dietary Supplements
- Extracellular Matrix
(drug effects, pathology)
- Female
- Fibronectins
(genetics)
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
(drug effects)
- Humans
- Leiomyoma
(drug therapy, genetics, pathology)
- Myometrium
(drug effects, pathology)
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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