Biphasic dose-dependent effect of lithium chloride on survival of human hormone-dependent breast cancer cells (MCF-7)

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 477-486

  Suganthi, Muralidharan ^a   Sangeetha, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Gayathri, Govindaraj ^a   Ravi Sankar, Bhaskaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

catenin; Breast cancer; GSK 3 ; Lithium chloride

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 7; CYCLIN D1; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; SODIUM;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HORMESIS; HUMANS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MCF-7 CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84870698593     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-012-9510-x     Document Type: Article

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