Anti-tumor activities and apoptosis-regulated mechanisms of bufalin on the orthotopic transplantation tumor model of human hepatocellular carcinoma in nude mice

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 3374-3379

  Han, Ke Qi ^a   Huang, Guang ^a   Gu, Wei ^b   Su, Yong Hua ^b   Huang, Xue Qiang ^b   Ling, Chang Quan ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bufalin; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Model; Nude mice; Orthotopic transplantation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BUFALIN; DOXORUBICIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34447321283     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i24.3374     Document Type: Article

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