Maturitas
Volume 55 , Pages S37-S46 , 1 November 2006

The flavonoid apigenin inhibits the proliferation of prostatic stromal cells via the MAPK-pathway and cell-cycle arrest in G1/S

  • Jasmin Bektic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Both authors contributed equivalently to this study.
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  • Roman Guggenberger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Both authors contributed equivalently to this study.
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  • Barbara Spengler

      Affiliations

    • Bionorica AG, Neumarkt, Germany
    • ,
  • Volker Christoffel

      Affiliations

    • Bionorica AG, Neumarkt, Germany
    • ,
  • Alexandre Pelzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Andreas P. Berger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Reinhold Ramoner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Georg Bartsch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Helmut Klocker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 50 504 24818; fax: +43 50 504 67 24818.

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doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.06.015

Maturitas
Volume 55 , Pages S37-S46 , 1 November 2006

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