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The present study was designed to investigate the effects of Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI) on up-regulation of connexin (Cx) expression to estimate BBI's tumor-suppressor effect in mice with M5076 ovarian sarcoma. The relative tumor weight (p<0.05, r(2)=0.301) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA, p<0.01, r(2)=0.493) were negatively correlated with the doses of BBI. In contrast, the relative density of Cx43 was positively correlated with the doses of BBI (p<0.05, r(2)=0.351). Therefore, it suggests that the anti-carcinogenic effects of BBI induced negative growth control caused by the expression of Cx43 genes in mice with M5076 ovarian sarcoma.
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Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. kazuyuki@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
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