Polygonatum cyrtonema lectin, a potential antineoplastic drug targeting programmed cell death pathways

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 406, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-500

  Wang, Shu ya ^a   Yu, Qi jia ^a   Bao, Jin ku ^a   Liu, Bo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Plant lectin; Polygonatum cyrtonema lectin (PCL); Programmed cell death (PCD)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA LECTIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P53; RAF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOPHAGY; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PLANT LECTINS; POLYGONATUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RAF KINASES; RAS PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA;

EID: 79953027945     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.02.049     Document Type: Short Survey

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