Forskolin, a Hedgehog signal inhibitor, inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in pediatric tumor cell lines

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Yamanaka, Hiroaki ^a   Takaharu, Oue ^a   Uehara, Shuichiro ^a   Fukuzawa, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forskolin; Glioma associated oncogene homolog 1; Hedgehog signaling pathway; Pediatric tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPAMINE; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 76149098821     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr-00000230     Document Type: Article

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