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Lewis Lung Cancer

Recent findings in lewis lung cancer described by researchers from Shandong University

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 22nd, 2009

"Paris polyphylla has been used to treat cancer in China for many years and components of the plant, such as polyphyllin D, may have potent antiproliferative effects in vitro. To investigate the potential antitumour effects of polyphyllin D on cancer cells under hypoxia, Lewis lung cancer cells and mouse tracheal epithelial cells were cultured with or without polyphyllin D under normoxic and hypoxic conditions," researchers in Jinan, People's Republic of China report.

"Proliferation and apoptosis of cells were assayed. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction was used to quantify the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) and...

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