Enhancement of chemotherapeutic agent-induced apoptosis by inhibition of NF-κB using ursolic acid

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 462-473

  Li, Yunlong ^a   Xing, Da ^a   Chen, Qun ^a   Chen, Wei R ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; FRET; Taxol; Ursolic acid; Western blot

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CISPLATIN; CYTOCHROME C; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN KINASE B; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; URSOLIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LUCIFERASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER MODEL; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOSENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APOPTOSIS; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 8; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CISPLATIN; CYTOCHROMES C; DRUG SYNERGISM; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRITERPENES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953696173     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25044     Document Type: Article

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