Background
Telomeres are located at the chromosomal ends and progressively shortened during each cell cycle. Telomerase, which is regulated by hTERT and c-MYC, maintains telomeric DNA sequences. Especially, telomerase is active in cancer and stem cells to maintain telomere length for replicative immortality. Recently we reported that walnut phenolic extract (WPE) can reduce cell viability in a colon cancer stem cell (CSC) model. We, therefore, investigated the effect of WPE on telomere maintenance in the same model.
Published : December 3, 2018
Study Type : Epidemiology Study
Topics : Cancer
Source : https://e-nrp.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/0161NRP/nrp-12-e55.pdf