Hydrothermal treatment of yeast cell wall generates potent anti-proliferative agents targeting MCF7 breast cancer cells effectively even under culture conditions separated by a plastic wall

Takanori Kitagawa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0313379

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Hydrothermal treatment of yeast cell wall generates potent anti-proliferative agents targeting MCF7 breast cancer cells effectively even under culture conditions separated by a plastic wall

Takanori Kitagawa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: takanori.kitagawa@asahibiocycle.co.jp

Affiliation Agri Division and R&D Department, ASAHI BIOCYCLE CO.,LTD, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8819-5123

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Hydrothermal treatment of yeast cell wall generates potent anti-proliferative agents targeting MCF7 breast cancer cells effectively even under culture conditions separated by a plastic wall

Takanori Kitagawa

Published: February 14, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313379

About the Authors

Takanori Kitagawa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: takanori.kitagawa@asahibiocycle.co.jp

Affiliation Agri Division and R&D Department, ASAHI BIOCYCLE CO.,LTD, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8819-5123

Competing Interests

TAKANORI KITAGAWA is an employee of ASAHI BIOCYCLE CO.,LTD.

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