Antitumor activity and induction of apoptosis by water-soluble derivatives of 7β-hydroxycholesterol in human colon carcinoma cell lines

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5 B, 1999, Pages 4251-4256

  Maier, Gerhard ^a   Bing, Gerlinde ^a   Falken, Ulrich ^b   Wagner, Edgar ^c   Unger, Clemens ^a  

^a TUMOR BIOLOGY CENTER   (Germany)

^b Nobis Labordiagnostica Inc   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Apoptosis; Colon carcinoma; Oxygenated sterols; Water soluble derivatives

Indexed keywords

7BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 7BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL HEMISUCCINATE; 7BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL HEMISUCCINATE DIETHANOLAMINOATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL VIABILITY; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0032763016     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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