Could plant lectins become promising anti-tumour drugs for causing autophagic cell death?

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 509-515

  Liu, Z ^a   Luo, Y ^b   Zhou, T T ^c   Zhang, W Z ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Shenyang Yaoda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BECLIN 1; CONCANAVALIN A; K RAS PROTEIN; PLANT LECTIN; POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA LECTIN; PROTEIN BNIP3; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAF PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL; CELL DEATH; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; POLYGONATUM; POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOPHAGY; CONCANAVALIN A; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT LECTINS; POLYGONATUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISCUM ALBUM;

POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA;

EID: 84884703479     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: 13652184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12054     Document Type: Article

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