Tuning of apoptosis-mediator gene transcription in HepG2 human hepatoma cells through an adenosine signal

Cancer Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-229

  Yang, Dongqin ^a   Yaguchi, Takahiro ^a   Lim, Chun Ren ^b   Ishizawa, Youhei ^b   Nakano, Takashi ^a   Nishizaki, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DNA CHIP RESEARCH INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Apoptosis; Caspase; HepG2 cell; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DEATH RECEPTOR 5; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR INTERACTING PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77950022331     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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