Effect of bufalin on cellular proliferation and apoptosis in human esophageal squamous carcinoma EC9706 cells

Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 556-562

  Tian, Xin ^a   Luo, Ying ^a   Yan, Yong Bo ^b,c   Sui, Cheng Guang ^a   Meng, Fan Dong ^a   Liu, Yun Peng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Benxi Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Bufalin; Esophageal carcinoma; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Mitochondria; Nucleus; Translocation

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; BUFALIN; LIPOCORTIN 5; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BUFANOLIDES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 84872377190     PISSN: 1000503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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