Green tea constituent (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits Hep G2 cell proliferation and induces apoptosis through p53-dependent and fas-mediated pathways

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-227

  Kuo, Po Lin ^a   Lin, Chun Ching ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EGCG; Fas ligand, apoptosis; Fas APO 1; p21 WAF1; p53

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TEA;

ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATECHIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TEA; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0037222094     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068711     Document Type: Article

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