The glutathione transferases, a family of multifunctional proteins, catalyze the glutathione
conjugation reaction with electrophilic compounds biotransformed from xenobiotics …

The current status of the much-debated question of the still-hypothetical stem cells of the
liver is reviewed, with an emphasis on their role in hepatocarcino-genesis. The widely held …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: We examined whether phosphatidylcholine inhibited growth of
hepatic cancer, as previously shown for menaquinone-4 (vitamin K2). METHODS: Growth …

Published data have suggested a possible link between the tumor promoting activity and the
aneugenic properties of griseofulvin. The present study was conducted to explore this …

The development of gastrointestinal cancer in humans and animals occurs through a
consecutive series of stages termed initiation, promotion and progression. The …

The combined effects of vanadium (V) and 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1, 25 (OH) 2D3] in
inhibiting diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced and phenobarbital (PB) promoted …

In rats,‐γ‐glutamyl transpeptidase (γGT) exists as a single‐copy gene, and three distinct
species of RNA (types I, II, and III) that differ in their 5′ untranslated regions have been …

Mouse gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma GT) is encoded by a single copy gene with
at least five and probably six different promoters directing the transcription of six types of …

Using indirect immunofluorescence with fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated antibodies,
in combination with flow cytometry (FCM), we have developed a technique to detect the α, μ …

The impact of season and temperature on frog liver γ‐glutamyltranspeptidase was assessed
by measuring the activity of this enzyme in plasma membranes isolated from the livers of …