N-acetylcysteine augments the cellular redox changes and cytotoxic activity of internalized mycobacterium bovis in human bladder cancer cells

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 780-785

  Pook, Sim Hwee ^a   Esuvaranathan, Kesavan ^a   Mahendran, Ratha ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bladder; Bladder neoplasms; Mycobacterium bovis; N acetylcysteine; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

5 CARBOXY 2',7' DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; 6 CARBOXY 2',7' DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; BCG VACCINE; BROMOBIMANE; CARBON 14; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; THIOL; THYMIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; MEASUREMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036074677     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64744-1     Document Type: Article

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