Hepatic arterial administration of ginsenoside Rg3 and transcatheter arterial embolization for the treatment of VX2 liver carcinomas

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 761-766

  Yu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Chunle ^a   Liu, Lingjun ^b   Li, Xiao ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Ginsenoside Rg3; Transcatheter arterial embolization; VX2 liver tumor

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CD31 ANTIGEN; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84873121594     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.873     Document Type: Article

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