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	Why drinking green tea could prevent cancer
	著者: Jankun, J., Selman, S. H., Sweircz, R., Skrzypczak-Jankun, E.
	出典: Nature, 387, 561(1997)

要約

Such high levels of a urokinase (uPA) inhibitor are likely to have a physiological effect and could reduce incidence of cancer in humans or the size of cancers already formed. Theoretically, epigalocathechin-3 gallate (EGCG) might inhibit cancer formation in many different ways; however, we postulate that the well-known anticancer activity of green tea is driven by inhibition of uPA, one of the most frequently overexpressed enzymes in human cancers.

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