Curcumin induces mitochondria pathway mediated cell apoptosis in A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1285-1292

  Chen, Qing Yong ^a   Lu, Guo Hua ^b   Wu, Yu Quan ^a   Zheng, Ying ^a   Xu, Kedi ^b   Wu, Li Jun ^a   Jiang, Zhong Yong ^a   Feng, Rui ^a   Zhou, Jian Ying ^b  

^a The 117th Hospital of Chinese PLA   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Curcumin; Lung cancer; Mitochondria membrane potential

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CURCUMIN; CYTOCHROME C; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SHAPE; CURCUMIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOCHROMES C; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950817519     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or_00000762     Document Type: Article

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