The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 3 , Pages 315-318 , March 2010

Xanthohumol inhibits the neuroendocrine transcription factor achaete-scute complex-like 1, suppresses proliferation, and induces phosphorylated ERK1/2 in medullary thyroid cancer

Received 15 July 2009 ,Revised 9 August 2009

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 Supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute (M.R.C.), NIH−R 21 CA117117 (H.C.), NIH−R01 CA109053 (H.C.), NIH–RO1 CA121115 (H.C.), American College of Surgeons, George H.A. Clowes Jr Memorial Research Career Development Award (H.C.), and Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Research Award (H.C.).

PII: S0002-9610(09)00756-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.034

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 3 , Pages 315-318 , March 2010

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