Drug Combination Details
| General Information of the Combination (ID: C88883) | |||||
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| Name | Epigallocatechin gallate NP Info | + | 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen Drug Info | ||
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| Disease |
Breast cancer
[ICD-11: 2C60]
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Investigative | [1] | ||
| Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally | ||||||
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| α. Enhancing Drug Efficacy by This Combination | ||||||
| Achieving Therapeutic Synergy | Click to Show/Hide | |||||
| Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination | [1] | |||||
| Biological
Regulation |
Induction | Apoptosis | ||||
| In-vitro Model | MDA-MB-231 | CVCL_0062 | Breast adenocarcinoma | Homo sapiens | ||
| Experimental
Result(s) |
The synergistic cytotoxicity elicited by the combination of EGCG and 4-OHT results from an earlier induction of apoptosis but this was not caused by an increase in G1-arrest or 4-OHT-mediated changes in the metabolism of EGCG. | |||||
| References | ||||
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| Reference 1 | Potential mechanisms for the synergistic cytotoxicity elicited by 4-hydroxytamoxifen and epigallocatechin gallate in MDA-MB-231 cells. Int J Oncol. 2007 Jun;30(6):1407-12. | |||
