Cytotoxicity of apigenin on leukemia cell lines: Implications for prevention and therapy

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ruela De Sousa, R R ^a,b   Fuhler, G M ^b   Blom, N ^b   Ferreira, C V ^a   Aoyama, H ^a   Peppelenbosch, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

apigenin; apoptosis; cell cycle arrest; kinase; leukemia; STAT

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIVISION; LEUKEMIA; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APIGENIN; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; JANUS KINASES; LEUKEMIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 79953038110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2009.18     Document Type: Article

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