Colon Cancer
Study results from Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Division of General Surgery in the area of colon cancer published
Published in Cancer Weekly, January 6th, 2009
Researchers detail in 'Tanshinone IIA down-regulates the protein expression of ErbB-2 and up-regulates TNF-alpha in colon cancer cells in vitro and in vivo,' new data in colon cancer. According to recent research from Taiwan, "Tanshinone IIA (Tan-IIA) was isolated from Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix. Our previous studies showed that Tan-IIA induced apoptosis in human colon cancer colo 205 cells, but the molecular mechanisms of the effect of Tan-IIA on human colon cancer were not clearly elucidated."
"The protein expression of ErbB-2 was up-regulated and activated in human and experimental colon cancers. In the present study, the effects of Tan-IIA on the protein expression...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)
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