A fish antimicrobial peptide, tilapia hepcidin TH2-3, shows potent antitumor activity against human fibrosarcoma cells

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1636-1642

  Chen, Jyh Yih ^a,b   Lin, Wei Ju ^a   Lin, Tai Lang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepcidin; Lytic peptide; Tumor cell inhibition

Indexed keywords

HEPCIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE TH2-3; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN C JUN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CALPAIN; CASPASE 3; CATHEPSINS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; FIBROSARCOMA; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TILAPIA; WOUND HEALING;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 67849121294     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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