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ArticleThe world journal of men's health2014

A milk protein, casein, as a proliferation promoting factor in prostate cancer cells.

Sung-Woo Park, Joo-Young Kim, You-Sun Kim, Sang Jin Lee, Sang Don Lee, Moon Kee Chung

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Article in The world journal of men's health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Casein fibres for wound healing.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023
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  4. Milk Consumption and Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review.The world journal of men's health · 2021
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  7. Dietary Carcinogens and DNA Adducts in Prostate Cancer.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sung-Woo ParkDepartment of Urology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea. ; Research Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
Joo-Young KimResearch Institute for Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
You-Sun KimInstitute for Medical Sciences, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Sang Jin LeeGenitourinary Cancer Branch, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.
Sang Don LeeDepartment of Urology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
Moon Kee ChungDepartment of Urology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea.
Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital · KRNational Cancer Center · KRAjou University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDespite most epidemiologic studies reporting that an increase in milk intake affects the growth of prostate cancer, the results of experimental studies are not consistent. In this study, we investigated the proliferation of prostate cancer cells treated with casein, the main protein in milk. MATERIALS AND

methodsProstate cancer cells (LNCaP and PC3), lung cancer cells (A459), stomach cancer cells (SNU484), breast cancer cells (MCF7), immortalized human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293), and immortalized normal prostate cells (RWPE1) were treated with either 0.1 or 1 mg/mL of α-casein and total casein extracted from bovine milk. Treatments were carried out in serum-free media for 72 hours. The proliferation of each cell line was evaluated by an 3-(4,5-Dimethyl-thiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay.

resultsα-Casein and total casein did not affect the proliferations of RWPE1, HEK293, A459, SNU484, MCF7, HEK293, or RWPE1 cells. However, PC3 cells treated with 1 mg/mL of α-casein and casein showed increased proliferation (228% and 166%, respectively), and the proliferation of LNCaP cells was also enhanced by 134% and 142%, respectively. The proliferation mechanism of α-casein in PC3 and LNCaP cells did not appear to be related to the induction of Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), since the level of IGF-1 did not change upon the supplementation of casein.

conclusionsThe milk protein, casein, promotes the proliferation of prostate cancer cells such as PC3 and LNCaP.

Indexed as

CaseinsCell proliferationMilkNeoplasmsProstate

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PMID25237656
PMCPMC4166373
OpenAlexW2119742146

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