Anticancer effects of 3,3'-diindolylmethane are associated with G1 arrest and mitochondria-dependent apoptosis in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

Oncology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 655-662

  Xu, Yu ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Shi, Wendan ^a   Liu, Yun ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3,3' diindolylmethane; Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest; Mitochondria; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

3, 3' DIINDOLYLMETHANE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; SERINE PROTEINASE OMI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84871600969     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2012.1063     Document Type: Article

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