Selenite induces redox-dependent Bax activation and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1186-1196

  Huang, Fang ^a   Nie, Chunlai ^b,c   Yang, Yang ^a   Yue, Wen ^b,c   Ren, Yun ^a   Shang, Yingli ^b,c   Wang, Xiaohui ^b,c   Jin, Haijing ^b,c   Xu, Caimin ^a   Chen, Quan ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Chemotherapy; Colorectal cancer; Free radicals; Selenium

Indexed keywords

6A7 ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENITE; THIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOGRAFT;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYSTEINE; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SODIUM SELENITE;

EID: 63049120687     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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