DEVD-based hydrogelator minimizes cellular apoptosis induction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tang, An Ming ^a   Wang, Wei Juan ^a   Mei, Bin ^a   Hu, Wang Lai ^a   Wu, Mian ^a   Liang, Gao Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLCARBONYL ASPARTYL GLUTAMYL VALYL ASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BENZOYLCARBONYL-ASPARTYL-GLUTAMYL-VALYL-ASPARTYL-FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASPASE 3; NANOFIBER; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASE 3; CELL PROLIFERATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NANOFIBERS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84878718628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01848     Document Type: Article

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