Prostate Cancer

Research results from University of Illinois update understanding of prostate cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 28th, 2007

According to a study from the United States, "Lycopene, the red pigment of tomatoes, is a carotenoid with potent antioxidant properties. Although lycopene may function as a prostate cancer chemoprevention agent, little is known about its effects at the cellular level."

"To define general changes induced by treatment of cells with lycopene, and to gain insights into the possible chemoprevention properties of lycopene, we investigated changes in protein expression after lycopene treatment in human LNCaP cells. The high throughput proteomics data were then visualized and analyzed by novel biological protein pathway modeling software. Differentially expressed proteins were...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-08-28)

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