Polysaccharide-K (PSK) increases p21(WAF/Cip1) and promotes apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells.
Författare
Summary, in English
Polysaccharide-K (PSK, Krestin(®)) is a natural remedy and one of the most commonly used medicinal mushroom extracts. It has been used as oral adjuvant treatment in cancer therapy in Japan and other Asian countries for more than 40 years. PSK is thought to be an immune modulator, however, its antitumor actions remain undefined. The aim of the present study was to investigate underlying mechanisms by which PSK exerts its antitumor effects on malignant epithelial cells.
Avdelning/ar
- Kirurgi, Lund
- BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation
Publiceringsår
2012
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
467-474
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Pancreatology
Volym
12
Issue
6
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Karger
Ämne
- Surgery
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1424-3903