Feng Pei

Differential expression of metallothioneins (MTs) 1, 2, and 3 in response to zinc treatment in human prostate normal and malignant cells and tissues (2008)

Wei Hua, Desouki Mohamed, Lin Shufei, Xiao Dakai, Franklin Renty, Feng Pei

Abstract Background The disturbance of zinc homeostasis featured with a significant decrease of cellular zinc level was well documented to associate with the development and progression of human...

The Involvement of Bax in Zinc-Induced Mitochondrial Apoptogenesis in Malignant Prostate Cells (2008)

Feng Pei, Li Tieluo, Guan Zhixin, Franklin Renty, Costello Leslie

Abstract Background The development and progression of prostate cancer requires the transformation of normal zinc-accumulating epithelial cells to malignant cells that have lost the ability to...

hZIP1 zinc uptake transporter down regulation and zinc depletion in prostate cancer (2005)

Franklin Renty, Feng Pei, Milon B, Desouki Mohamed, Singh Keshav, Kajdacsy-Balla André, ...

Abstract Background The genetic and molecular mechanisms responsible for and associated with the development and progression of prostate malignancy are largely unidentified. The peripheral zone is...