Apoptosis induced by ceramide in hepatocellular carcinoma Be17402 cells

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-228

  Zhu, Xiao Feng ^a   Zhang, Xiao Shi ^a   Li, Zhi Ming ^a   Yao, Yu Qi ^a   Xie, Bing Fen ^a   Liu, Zong Chao ^a   Zeng, Yi Xin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agarose gel electrophoresis; Apoptosis; Ceramides; Cultured tumor cells; Flow cytometry; Fluorescence microscopy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; SECOND MESSENGER;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CERAMIDES; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0034075793     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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