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SUBMITTER: Li J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3163032 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Jun J Harp Casey C Tharappel Job C JC Spear Brett T BT Glauert Howard P HP
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association 20110625 10
Phenobarbital (PB) is an efficacious and well-studied hepatic tumor promoting agent. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is a transcription factor activated by reactive oxygen and is involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis. We previously found that PB activates NF-κB and that dietary vitamin E is effective in decreasing PB-induced NF-κB DNA binding. We therefore hypothesized that dietary vitamin E influences PB-induced changes in cell proliferation and apoptosis through its action on NF-κB. NF-κB1 de ...[more]