Curcumin suppresses malignant glioma cells growth and induces apoptosis by inhibition of SHH/GLI1 signaling pathway in vitro and vivo

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 926-936

  Du, Wen Zhong ^a   Feng, Yan ^a   Wang, Xiao Feng ^a   Piao, Xing Yin ^a   Cui, Yu Qiong ^a   Chen, Ling Chao ^a   Lei, Xu Hui ^a   Sun, Xu ^a   Liu, Xing ^a   Wang, Han Bing ^a   Li, Xian Feng ^a   Yang, Dong Bo ^a   Sun, Ying ^a   Zhao, Zhe Feng ^a   Jiang, Tao ^b   Li, Yong Li ^a   Jiang, Chuan Lu ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Curcumin; GLI1; Malignant glioma; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CURCUMIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

APOPTOSIS; CURCUMIN; GLI1; MALIGNANT GLIOMA; PROLIFERATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; CURCUMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIOMA; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84888206438     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12163     Document Type: Article

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