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SUBMITTER: Yang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6266598 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweeds, has been shown to possess various antioxidant, anticoagulant, antiviral, and anticancer functions. In this study, we focused on low molecular weight fucoidan (LMWF) which was extracted from New Zealand <i>Undaria pinnatifida</i>, and investigated its anti-proliferative effects, combined with a quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide aptamer (GroA, AS1411), a powerful cell surface Nucleolin inhibitor, in prostate cancer cells. We exami ...[more]