Aspirin therapy reduces the ability of platelets to promote colon and pancreatic cancer cell proliferation: Implications for the oncoprotein c-MYC

In conclusion, we show for the first time that inhibition of platelets by aspirin can affect their ability to induce cancer cell proliferation through the modulation of the c-MYC oncoprotein.

Source: AJP: Cell Physiology - February 7, 2017 Category: Cytology Authors: Mitrugno, A., Sylman, J. L., Ngo, A. T. P., Pang, J., Sears, R. C., Williams, C. D., McCarty, O. J. T. Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research