Polysaccharide peptide mediates apoptosis by up-regulating p21 gene and down-regulating cyclin D1 gene

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Chow, Louis W C ^a,b   Lo, Christine S Y ^a   Loo, Wings T Y ^a   Hu, Xi Chun ^a   Sham, Jonathan S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cyclin D1; p21; Polysaccharide Peptide (PSP)

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PEPTIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN P21; POLYSACCHARIDE PEPTIDE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; TIME; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYCLIN D1; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PROTEOGLYCANS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0042884156     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X03000758     Document Type: Article

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