Red Maca (Lepidium meyenii) did not affect cell viability despite increased androgen receptor and prostate-specific antigen gene expression in the human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP.

Díaz, P; Cardenas, H; Orihuela, P A

Díaz, P; Cardenas, H; Orihuela, P A.

Affiliation

Díaz P; Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Cardenas H; Centro para el Desarrollo en Nanociencia y Nanotecnología-CEDENNA, Santiago, Chile.
Orihuela PA; Laboratorio de Inmunología de la Reproducción, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Andrologia ; 48(8): 922-6, 2016 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27681649

Subject(s)

Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology; Cell Survival/drug effects; Gene Expression/drug effects; Kallikreins/drug effects; Lepidium; Plant Extracts/pharmacology; Prostate-Specific Antigen/drug effects; Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics; RNA, Messenger/drug effects; Receptors, Androgen/drug effects; 2-Methoxyestradiol; Apoptosis/drug effects; Cell Line, Tumor; Drug Synergism; Estradiol/analogs & derivatives; Estradiol/pharmacology; Humans; Kallikreins/genetics; Male; Paclitaxel/pharmacology; Prostate-Specific Antigen/genetics; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Receptors, Androgen/genetics

Key words

LNCaP cells; androgen receptor; cell viability; red Maca

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Prostatic Neoplasms / RNA, Messenger / Plant Extracts / Kallikreins / Receptors, Androgen / Gene Expression / Cell Survival / Prostate-Specific Antigen / Lepidium / Antineoplastic Agents Language: En Journal: Andrologia Year: 2016 Type: Article Affiliation country: Chile

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