Curcumin inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of human colorectal cancer cells by activating the mitochondria apoptotic pathway

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 422-430

  Guo, Li Da ^a,b   Chen, Xue Jie ^a   Hu, Yu Hong ^a   Yu, Zhi Jun ^a   Wang, Duo ^a   Liu, Jing Ze ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI COLLEGE OF INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; colorectal cancer; curcumin; LoVo cells; mitochondrial pathway

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CURCUMIN; CYTOCHROME C; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CURCUMA; CURCUMIN; HUMANS; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 84874940235     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4731     Document Type: Article

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