Synergistic anticancer activity of curcumin and bleomycin: An in vitro study using human malignant testicular germ cells

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1481-1486

  Cort, Aysegul ^a   Timur, Mujgan ^a   Ozdemir, Evrim ^a   Kucuksayan, Ertan ^a   Ozben, Tomris ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bleomycin; Curcumin; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CURCUMIN; CYTOCHROME C; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CURCUMIN; CYTOCHROMES C; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 84860706304     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.848     Document Type: Article

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