Short exposure to millimolar concentrations of ethanol induces apoptotic cell death in multicellular HepG2 spheroids

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 305-310

  Castaneda F ^a   Kinne, R K H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell viability; Ethanol; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Necrosis; Spheroids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MEROCYANINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034036452     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320050348     Document Type: Article

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