β-elemene inhibits the proliferation of T24 bladder carcinoma cells through upregulation of the expression of Smad4

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 513-518

  Lu, Xinsheng ^a   Wang, Yi ^b   Luo, Hongmei ^c   Qiu, Weibin ^a   Han, Hu ^a   Chen, Xian ^b   Yang, Luoyan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

elemene; Human bladder cancer; Smad4

Indexed keywords

BETA ELEMENE; MESSENGER RNA; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IC 50; METHYLTHIAZOLYL TETRAZOLIUM ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SESQUITERPENES; SMAD4 PROTEIN; UP-REGULATION; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84873823910     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.1206     Document Type: Article

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