Department of Applied Chinese Languages and Literature, National Taiwan Normal University, 162, Sec. 1, Ho-Ping E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, 162, Sec. 1, Ho-Ping E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University, 162, Sec. 1, Ho-Ping E. Rd., Taipei, ...

BACKGROUND Recently, we found that a 30-mer peptide derived from apoprotein E (apoE) 133-162 has antibiotic activity that is comparable with the classic antibiotics and neutrophil-derived antibiotic peptide. In this study, we tested if apoE 133-162 also has anti-tumor activity against several cancer cell lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two gastric cancer cell lines (MKN-7, MNN-1), two pancreatic...