Synergy of Pancratistatin and Tamoxifen on breast cancer cells in inducing apoptosis by targeting mitochondria

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 376-384

  Siedlakowski, Peter ^a   McLachlan Burgess, Amanda ^a   Griffin, Carly ^a   Tirumalai, Sridhar S ^a   McNulty, James ^b   Pandey, Siyaram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Mitochondria; Pancratistatin; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ETOPOSIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL; PANCRATISTATIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION;

EID: 45349084679     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.7.3.5364     Document Type: Article

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