Growth arrest and non-apoptotic programmed cell death associated with the up-regulation of c-myc mRNA expression in T-47D breast tumor cells following exposure to Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl. hexane extract

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-383

  Tan, M L ^a   Tengku Muhammad, T S ^a   Najimudin, N ^a   Sulaiman, S F ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Annexin V; Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl.; Growth inhibition; T 47D cell lines; Type II non apoptotic

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN P53; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; DNA FRAGMENT; HEXANE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPREMNUM PINNATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NICK END LABELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE MYC; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ARACEAE; EPIPREMNUM PINNATUM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ARACEAE; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GENES, MYC; GENES, P53; HEXANES; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 21644462154     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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