Wenen Zhao

Carotenoids inhibit proliferation and regulate expression of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) in K562 cancer cells

Xia Zhang, Wenen Zhao, Liqiang Hu et al. · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · 2011 · 132 citations

Chemoprevention Strategy, Medicine, Lipid Peroxidation +9

β-Carotene induces apoptosis and up-regulates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ expression and reactive oxygen species production in MCF-7 cancer cells

Yan‐Hong Cui, Zhongbing Lu, Lin Bai et al. · European Journal of Cancer · 2007 · 129 citations

Cancer Metabolism, Tumor Biology, Redox Signaling +12

Changes in carotenoid profiles and in the expression pattern of the genes in carotenoid metabolisms during fruit development and ripening in four watermelon cultivars

Pin Lv, Na Li, Hui Liu et al. · Food Chemistry · 2014 · 111 citations

Biology, Biosynthesis, Engineering +12

Expression of carotenogenic genes during the development and ripening of watermelon fruit

Baoshan Kang, Wenen Zhao, Yaobing Hou et al. · Scientia Horticulturae · 2010 · 55 citations

Biology, Plant Biology, Biosynthesis +13

Effect of carotenoids on the respiratory burst of rat peritoneal macrophages

Wenen Zhao, Yashan Han, Baolu Zhao et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects · 1998 · 50 citations

Inflammation, Rat Peritoneal Macrophages, Allergy +5