Cordyceps militaris and mycelial fermentation induced apoptosis and autophagy of human glioblastoma cells

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Yang, C H ^a   Kao, Y H ^a   Huang, K S ^a   Wang, C Y ^a   Lin, L W ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Apoptosis; Cordyceps militaris; Mycelial fermentation; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; AUTOPHAGY PROTEIN 5; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIPLOIDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FERMENTATION; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CORDYCEPS; FERMENTATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MYCELIUM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870524612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2012.172     Document Type: Article

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