Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 275-283 , March 2003

Capsaicin inhibits growth of adult T-cell leukemia cells

  • Jie Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology First Unit, Shimane Medical University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, 693-8501 Shimane, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-853-20-2139; fax: +81-853-20-2135.
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  • Makoto Nagasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology First Unit, Shimane Medical University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, 693-8501 Shimane, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuetsu Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection Disease and Immunology, Okinawa-Asia Research Center of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, Nakagami, 903-0215 Okinawa, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigeru Morikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology First Unit, Shimane Medical University, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo, 693-8501 Shimane, Japan

Received 5 February 2002 ,Accepted 26 June 2002.

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Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 275-283 , March 2003

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