Berberine induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells (MCF-7) through mitochondrial-dependent pathway

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 645, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 70-78

  Patil, Jeevitha B ^a,b   Kim, Jinhee ^a   Jayaprakasha, G K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Berberine; Identification; MCF 7 cells; P53

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN P53; TAMOXIFEN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; SPECTROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BERBERINE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASPASES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 77956190161     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.07.037     Document Type: Article

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