Intracellular mechanisms mediating tocotrienol-induced apoptosis in neoplastic mammary epithelial cells

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 366-373

  Sylvester, Paul W ^a   Shah, Sumit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Caspase; FLIP; PDK; Tocotrienols; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; CASP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASP8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CFLAR PROTEIN, MOUSE; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TNFSF10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DEATH; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASP8 AND FADD-LIKE APOPTOSIS REGULATING PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND; TOCOTRIENOLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 32344451665     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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