Microscopic aspects of autoschizic cell death in human ovarian carcinoma (2774) cells following vitamin C, vitamin K3 or vitamin C:K 3 treatment

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-329

  Gilloteaux, Jacques ^a,b   Jamison, James M ^a   Arnold, David ^c   Taper, Henryk S ^d   Von Gruenigen, Vivian E ^e   Summers, Jack L ^a  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine   (Netherlands Antilles)

^c BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e Akron General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Autoschizis; Cancer; Cell death; Menadione; Nucleus; Ovary

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MENADIONE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASCORBIC ACID; CELL DEATH; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VITAMIN K 3;

EID: 0043241017     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927603030125     Document Type: Article

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