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ArticleScientific reports2018

Areca nut extracts mobilize calcium and release pro-inflammatory cytokines from various immune cells.

Malika Faouzi, Ram P Neupane, Jian Yang, Philip Williams, Reinhold Penner

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Malika FaouziCenter for Biomedical Research, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA. mfaouzi@hawaii.edu.
Ram P NeupaneDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
Jian YangCollege of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Guam, Mangilao, 96923, Guam, USA.
Philip WilliamsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
Reinhold PennerCenter for Biomedical Research, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA. rpenner@hawaii.edu.
University of Hawaii System · USQueen's Medical Center · USUniversity of Guam · GU

Funding

University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSGP30CA071789 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Xin Chen · 1996 to 2026
$56.2M
University of Guam/Cancer Research Center of Hawaii Partnership (2 of 2)U54CA143728 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF GUAM · PI Laura Biggs · 2009 to 2026
$20.1M
University of Guam/Cancer Research Center of Hawaii Partnership (1 of 2)U54CA143727 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI LYNNE R WILKENS · 2009 to 2026
$19.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA071789NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143727NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Betel nut consumption has significant implications for the public health globally, as the wide-spread habit of Areca chewing throughout Asia and the Pacific is associated with a high prevalence of oral carcinoma and other diseases. Despite a clear causal association of betel nut chewing and oral mucosal diseases, the biological mechanisms that link Areca nut-contained molecules, inflammation and cancer remain underexplored. In this study we show that the whole Areca nut extract (ANE) is capable of mobilizing Ca

Indexed as

ArecaCalciumCalcium SignalingCell LineCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCytokinesHumansInflammation MediatorsLeukocytes, MononuclearNutsPlant ExtractsCalciumCytokinesInflammation MediatorsPlant Extracts

Identifiers

PMID29348572
PMCPMC5773534
OpenAlexW2784330127

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