Phellinus linteus extract sensitizes advanced prostate cancer cells to apoptosis in athymic nude mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Tsuji, Takanori ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Nishioka, Takashi ^a   Chen, Lihua ^a   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a   Chen, Chang Yan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PROSTATE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952117769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009885     Document Type: Article

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