Evidence for a biphasic apoptotic pathway induced by melatonin in MCF-7 breast cancer cells

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-180

  Cucina, Alessandra ^b   Proietti, Sara ^c   D'Anselmi, Fabrizio ^b   Coluccia, Pierpaolo ^b   Dinicola, Simona ^c   Frati, Luigi ^c   Bizzarri, Mariano ^a,c  

^a University La Sapienza ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptotic inducing factor; Breast cancer; Cleaved poly ADP ribose polymerase; Melatonin; Murine double minute 2; Transforming growth factor beta 1

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 6; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 9; MELATONIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P73; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; DENSITOMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MELATONIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 59149104957     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.2008.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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