Molecular mechanisms of (-)-epicatechin and chlorogenic acid on the regulation of the apoptotic and survival/proliferation pathways in a human hepatoma cell line

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2020-2027

  Granado Serrano, Ana Belén ^a   Mart́in, Maŕia Angeles ^a   Izquierdo Pulido, Maŕia ^b   Goya, Luis ^a   Bravo, Laura ^a   Ramos, Sonia ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AKT PI3 klnase pathway; Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family proteins; Caspases; Cell viability; Dietary phenols; ERK; HepG2 cells

Indexed keywords

CATECHIN; CHLOROGENIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATECHIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLOROGENIC ACID; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 33947606180     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf062556x     Document Type: Article

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