The effects of melatonin on human hepatoma (Hep G2) cell line

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 276-279

  Ozdemir, Feyyaz ^a   Deniz, Ozlen ^a   Kaynar, Kubra ^b   Arslan, Mehmet ^a   Kavgaci, Halil ^a   Yildiz, Bulent ^a   Aydin, Fazil ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cell line; Hep G2; Hepatoma; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MELATONIN; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 84872190206     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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