Neem leaf extract induces radiosensitization in human neuroblastoma xenograft through modulation of apoptotic pathway

Anticancer Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-170

  Veeraraghavan, Jamunarani ^a   Aravindan, Sheeja ^a   Natarajan, Mohan ^c   Awasthi, Vibhudutta ^b   Herman, Terence S ^a   Aravindan, Natarajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Neem leaf extract; Neuroblastoma; Radiotherapy; Transcriptional response

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL DEATH; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE REPRESSION; IONIZING RADIATION; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AZADIRACHTA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 79851491514     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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