Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 7 , Pages 1972-1980 , June 2008

A Green Tea Component Suppresses Posttranslational Expression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor in Colorectal Cancer

  • Mugdha Sukhthankar

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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  • Kiyoshi Yamaguchi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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  • Seong–Ho Lee

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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  • Michael F. McEntee

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
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  • Thomas E. Eling

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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  • Yukihiko Hara

      Affiliations

    • Mitsui Norin Co., Ltd, Food Research Lab, Miyabara, Fujieda City, Japan
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  • Seung Joon Baek

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Environmental Carcinogenesis, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Seung Joon Baek, PhD, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, 2407 River Dr, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996. fax: (865) 974-5616.

Received 28 September 2007 ,Accepted 28 February 2008.

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 Supported primarily by NIH grant R21CA109423 (to S.J.B.) and K26RR016645 (to M.F.M.).Conflicts of interest: No conflicts of interest exist.

PII: S0016-5085(08)00432-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.095

Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 7 , Pages 1972-1980 , June 2008

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