Effects of ellagic acid on chemosensitivity to 5-fluorouracil in colorectal carcinoma cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 4413-4418

  Kao, Ting Yu ^a   Chung, Yuan Chiang ^b   Hou, Yung Chi ^c   Tsai, Yin Wen ^a   Chen, Chin Hui ^a   Chang, Hsin Ping ^a   Chou, Jui Ling ^a   Hsu, Chih Ping ^a  

^a YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chemosensitivity; Colo 320DM; Colorectal cancer; Ellagic acid; HT 29; LoVo cells; SW480

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ELLAGIC ACID; FLUOROURACIL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELLAGIC ACID; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 84867796693     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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