Apoptotic death of pancreatic cancer cells induced by polyunsaturated fatty acids varies with double bond number and involves an oxidative mechanism

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-70

  Hawkins, R A ^a   Sangster, Kathryn ^a   Arends, M J ^b  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

linolenic; linolenic; Apoptosis; Arachidonic; Cell death; Cell lines; CFPAC; Cis parinaric; DNA fragmentation; Docosahexaenoic acids; Eicosapentaenoic; Erucic; HBL 100; HL 60; Linoleic; Lipid peroxidation; Mia Pa Ca 2; Morphology; Oleic; PANC 1 cells; Pancreatic cancer; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ERUCIC ACID; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLEIC ACID; PARINARIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOMASS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, EXPERIMENTAL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031800034     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199805)185:1<61::AID-PATH49>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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