A thioredoxin reductase inhibitor induces growth inhibition and apoptosis in five cultured human carcinoma cell lines

Cancer Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-53

  Zhao, Fang ^a   Yan, Jun ^a   Deng, Shengju ^a   Lan, Linxiang ^a   He, Fei ^a   Kuang, Bin ^a   Zeng, Huihui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 Bax; Caspase 3; Cellular sensitivity; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

1,2 [BIS(1,2 BENZISOSELENAZOLONE 3(2H) KETONE)]ETHANE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIDERMIS CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE (NADPH); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646097218     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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