Green tea polyphenols induce apoptosis in vitro in peripheral blood T lymphocytes of adult T-cell leukemia patients

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  Li, Hong Chuan ^a   Yashiki, Shinji ^a   Sonoda, Junichiro ^a   Lou, Hong ^a   Ghosh, Subrata K ^b   Byrnes, John J ^b   Lema, Carolina ^a   Fujiyoshi, Toshinobu ^a   Karasuyama, Mitsuaki ^c   Sonoda, Shunro ^a,c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kagoshima Inst Gn Tea Res Labs   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ATL; EGCg; Green tea; HTLV I

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; DNA FRAGMENT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TEA;

EID: 0034011916     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb00857.x     Document Type: Article

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