Lipoic acid inhibits cell proliferation of tumor cells in vitro and in vivo

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1425-1435

  Feuerecker, Benedikt ^a   Pirsig, Sabine ^a   Seidl, Christof ^a   Aichler, Michaela ^b   Feuchtinger, Annette ^b   Bruchelt, Gernot ^c   Senekowitsch Schmidtke, Reingard ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

(R) (+) alpha lipoic acid; 18F FDG uptake; Aerobic glycolysis; Apoptosis; Dichloroacetate; Lactate; Warburg effect

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; THIOCTIC ACID;

AEROBIC GLUCOSE METABOLISM; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DICHLOROACETIC ACID; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; KETONE OXIDOREDUCTASES; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROBLASTOMA; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 84870672248     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.22003     Document Type: Article

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