Tocotrienol-induced cytotoxicity is unrelated to mitochondrial stress apoptotic signaling in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 86-95

  Shah, Sumit J ^a   Sylvester, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Breast cancer; Mitochondria; Tocotrienols

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; PROTEINS; TOXICITY; TUMORS; VITAMINS;

APOPTOTIC ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS;

CELLS;

ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; TOCOPHEROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DISRUPTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMANS; CYTOCHROMES C; FEMALE; GENES, BCL-2; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VITAMIN E;

EID: 18344372608     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o04-127     Document Type: Article

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