Autophagy is involved in anticancer effects of matrine on SGC-7901 human gastric cancer cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-124

  Zhang, Junqiang ^a,b   Li, Yumin ^a,b   Chen, Xiaohui ^c   Liu, Tao ^a,b   Chen, Yingtai ^a,b   He, Wenting ^a   Zhang, Quanbao ^a   Liu, Shiyuan ^a,b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Digestive System   (China)

^c GANSU PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy gastric cancer; Bax; Beclin 1; Matrine

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; DANSYLCADAVERINE; MATRINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; RHODAMINE B;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CADAVERINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; QUINOLIZINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODAMINES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955838925     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2011.1277     Document Type: Article

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