Enhanced antitumor efficacy of gemcitabine by evodiamine on pancreatic cancer via regulating PI3K/Akt pathway

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Wei, Wei Tian ^b,c   Chen, Hui ^c   Wang, Zhao Hong ^c   Ni, Zhong Lin ^c   Liu, Hai Bin ^c   Tong, Hong Fei ^c   Guo, Hong Chun ^c   Liu, Dian Lei ^c   Lin, Sheng Zhang ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^c THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Evodiamine; Gemcitabine; mTOR; Pancreatic cancer SW1990 cells; PTEN

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255143133     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.8.1     Document Type: Article

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