Effects of glutamine on tumor growth and apoptosis of hepatoma cells

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 668-672

  Liu, Shan Lin ^a   Shi, Dong Yun ^a   Shen, Zhong Hou ^a   Wu, Yi De ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Tuomor Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Free radicals; Glutamine; Glutathione; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIVISION; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033913196     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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