European Journal of Cancer
Volume 42, Issue 15 , Pages 2425-2432, October 2006

A genomic explanation connecting “Mediterranean diet”, olive oil and cancer: Oleic acid, the main monounsaturated Fatty acid of olive oil, induces formation of inhibitory “PEA3 transcription factor-PEA3 DNA binding site” complexes at the Her-2/neu (erbB-2) oncogene promoter in breast, ovarian and stomach cancer cells

  • Javier A. Menendez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, 1001 University Place, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg, School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Adriana Papadimitropoulou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, 1001 University Place, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg, School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Luciano Vellon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, 1001 University Place, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg, School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Ruth Lupu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute, 1001 University Place, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg, School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +1 224 364 7671/7672; fax: +1 847 570 8022.

Received 16 August 2005; accepted 3 October 2005.

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PII: S0959-8049(05)00935-4

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2005.10.016

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 42, Issue 15 , Pages 2425-2432, October 2006

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