Aqueous Ethanolic Extract of Tinospora cordifolia as a Potential Candidate for Differentiation Based Therapy of Glioblastomas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Mishra, Rachana ^a   Kaur, Gurcharan ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MORTALIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN BCL XL; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ETHANOL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TINOSPORA; WATER;

EID: 84886262702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078764     Document Type: Article

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