2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The antitumor effects of nerve growth factor on human cancer cells

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22800045
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Applied health science
Research Institution	Okayama University
Principal Investigator	TAKATORI Shingo 岡山大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 助教 (20368707)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	KAWASAKI Hiromu 岡山大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 教授 (60125151) HASHIKAWA Narumi (HOBARA Narumi) 岡山理科大学, 理学部・臨床生命科学科, 講師 (30511159) GODA Mitsuhiro 新潟大学, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 助教 (40585965)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Keywords	神経成長・栄養因子 / Nerve growth factor / がん新生血管 / 血管周囲神経 / 抗腫瘍効果
Research Abstract	Our present study demonstrated new findings that NGF markedly suppressed the growth of hepatic tumor cell(HepG2) and fibrosarcoma cell(HT1080) via the indirect effect, probably innervation or maturation of tumor neovasculature.

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