Liquiritigenin induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis via cytochrome c release and caspases activation in heLa cells

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 277-283

  Liu, Changwei ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Xie, Sirou ^a   Zhou, Yijing ^b   Ren, Xiangmei ^a   Li, Xiaoting ^a   Cai, Yunqing ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; caspase; cytochrome c; liquiritigenin; p53; PARP

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; LIQUIRITIGENIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOCHROMES C; CYTOSOL; FLAVANONES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 79551669602     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3259     Document Type: Article

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