These results indicate that sodium butyrate is able to inhibit the growth of transformed cells through inducing the expression of cell-cycle inhibitors.

• 丁酸钠给药抑制了肝癌细胞的生长，也改变了p27 KIP1蛋白的表达量，这一结果提示，丁酸钠可能通过诱导细胞周期抑制蛋白的表达来抑制肿瘤细胞的生长。