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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-11-8
pubmed:abstractText
A number of human cancer cell lines express the PPARgamma transcription factor, and agonists for PPARgamma are reported to promote apoptosis in these cell lines and impede their clonal expansion both in vitro and in vivo. Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can activate PPARgamma in rat adipocytes, possibly explaining CLA's antidiabetic effects in Zucker fatty rats. It is thus reasonable to suspect that a portion of CLA's broad spectrum anticarcinogenic activity is mediated by PPARgamma activation in susceptible tumors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0306-9877
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Activation of PPARgamma may mediate a portion of the anticancer activity of conjugated linoleic acid.
pubmed:affiliation
Pantox Laboratories, San Diego, California 92109, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article