Low-intensity ultrasound-induced cellular destruction and autophagy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 849-852

  Wang, Ping ^a   Leung, Albert Wingnang ^b   Xu, Chuanshan ^b,c  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Ultrasound treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 79960230415     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2011.317     Document Type: Article

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