Induction of cell death mechanisms and apoptosis by nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs)

Cells

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-162

  Beebe, Stephen J ^a   Sain, Nova M ^a   Ren, Wei ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

APAF 1; Apoptosis; Caspase dependent; Caspase independent; Cytochrome c; Electroporation; FADD; Jurkat clones; Mitochondria membrane potential; Mitochondria permeability transition pore; N1 S1 hepatocellular carcinoma cells; Nanopores 3 10

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BLEOMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN; CALPEPTIN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; DEATH DOMAIN RECEPTOR SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1, 2 BIS (2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N, N, N', N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; INOSITOL 1, 4, 5 TRISPHOSPHATE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; THAPSIGARGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CANCER THERAPY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOTHERAPY; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NANOPORE; NANOSECOND PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TARGET CELL; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84878096703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cells2010136     Document Type: Review

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