Pristimerin Causes G1 Arrest, Induces Apoptosis, and Enhances the Chemosensitivity to Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Cancer Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yongwei ^a   Zhou, Yinan ^a   Zhou, Haoxin ^a   Jia, Guang ^a   Liu, Ji ^a   Han, Bing ^a   Cheng, Zhuoxin ^a   Jiang, Hongchi ^a   Pan, Shangha ^a   Sun, Bei ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; CYCLIN E; GEMCITABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PRISTIMERIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CELASTRACEAE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOTHERAPY; PANCREAS CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DNA; DRUG SYNERGISM; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TRITERPENES;

CELASTRACEAE;

EID: 84865499136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043826     Document Type: Article

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