Activation of odorant receptor in colorectal cancer cells leads to inhibition of cell proliferation and apoptosis.

The analysis and functional characterization of ectopically expressed human olfactory receptors (ORs) is becoming increasingly important, as many ORs have been identified in several healthy and cancerous tissues. OR activation has been demonstrated to have influence on cancer cell growth and progres...

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Main Authors: Lea Weber, Klaudia Al-Refae, Juliane Ebbert, Peter Jägers, Janine Altmüller, Christian Becker, Stephan Hahn, Günter Gisselmann, Hanns Hatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5342199?pdf=render