Effects of berberine on human rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocytes

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 236, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 859-866

  Wang, Xiu Hua ^a   Jiang, Song Min ^b   Sun, Qing Wen ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Berberine; Cell cycle; Fibroblast like synoviocyte; Proliferation; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; B 2351; BERBERINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN D2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; CYCLIN E; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FIBROBLAST LIKE SYNOVIOCYTE; SYNOVIOCYTE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BERBERINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 79960682120     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2011.010366     Document Type: Article

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