Ursolic acid induces Bax-dependent apoptosis through the caspase-3 pathway in endometrial cancer SNG-II cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-57

  Achiwa, Yumiko ^a   Hasegawa, Kiyosi ^a   Komiya, Takasi ^b   Udagawa, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Caspase; Endometrial cancer; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYL ASPARTYL GLUTAMYL VALYL ASPARTAL; ACETYL-ASPARTYL-GLUTAMYL-VALYL-ASPARTAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRITERPENE; URSOLIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TRITERPENES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 21644440395     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.13.1.51     Document Type: Article

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