Influence of ellagic acid on prostate cancer cell proliferation: A caspase-dependent pathway

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 550-555

  Malik, Arshi ^a   Afaq, Sarah ^a   Shahid, Mohammad ^b   Akhtar, Kafil ^b   Assiri, Abdullah ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Ellagic acid; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYLALANYLASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE; ELLAGIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROCASPASE 3; PROCASPASE 6; PROCASPASE 8; PROCASPASE 9; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELLAGIC ACID; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960873482     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60144-2     Document Type: Article

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