Table 3

Summary of diet effects on leptin and apoptosis signaling protein and mRNA expression levels

MT

MFP


Leptin signaling molecules

Leptin

NC

NC

NC

ObR

NC

NC

ObRb

Jak2

NM

NM

pSTAT3

NC

NC

Apoptosis signaling molecules

PARP (total)

PARP (89 kDa)

NC

PARP (24 kDa)

NC

Caspase-3 activity

Bax

NC

Bcl-2

NC

NC

Bcl-XL

pAkt

NC

NC


Jak2, Janus kinase 2; MFP, mammary fat pad; MT, mammary tumor; NC, no statistically significant change; NM, not measured; pAkt, phosphorylated Akt; PARP, poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase; pSTAT3, phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. Solid arrows show protein expression and dashed lines mRNA expression.

Dogan et al. Breast Cancer Research 2007 9:R91   doi:10.1186/bcr1840

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