Key cell signaling pathways modulated by zerumbone: Role in the prevention and treatment of cancer

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1268-1276

  Prasannan, Remya ^a   Kalesh, Karunakaran A ^b   Shanmugam, Muthu K ^a   Nachiyappan, Alamelu ^a   Ramachandran, Lalitha ^a   Nguyen, An H ^a   Kumar, Alan Prem ^a,c,d,e   Lakshmanan, Manikandan ^f   Ahn, Kwang Seok ^g   Sethi, Gautam ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^f JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; NF B; TRAIL; Zerumbone

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 8 HYDROXY ALPHA HUMULENE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; CISPLATIN; GLUTATHIONE; HUMULENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZERUMBONE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLITIS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SESQUITERPENES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84867844974     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2012.07.015     Document Type: Review

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