Guggulsterone induces apoptosis in colon cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth in murine colorectal cancer xenografts

Cancer Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-100

  An, Min Ji ^a   Cheon, Jae Hee ^a   Kim, Seung Won ^a   Kim, Eun Soo ^a   Kim, Tae Il ^a   Kim, Won Ho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Colorectal cancer; Guggulsterone; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; FAS ANTIGEN; GUGGULSTERONE; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN C JUN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREGNENEDIONES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; TIME FACTORS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 67349286984     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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