Synthetic polysulfane derivatives induce cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death in human hematopoietic cancer cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 249-257

  Czepukojc, Brigitte ^a,c   Baltes, Anne Kathrin ^a,b   Cerella, Claudia ^b   Kelkel, Mareike ^b   Viswanathan, Uma M ^a   Salm, Franz ^a   Burkholz, Torsten ^a   Schneider, Carolin ^c   Dicato, Mario ^b   Montenarh, Mathias ^c   Jacob, Claus ^a   Diederich, Marc ^d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Cell cycle; Polysulfanes; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

1,4 BIS(2 ETHOXYETHYL)TETRASULFANE; 1,4 BIS(2 ETHOXYETHYL)TRISULFANE; 1,4 DIBENZYLTETRASULFANE; 2,5 BIS(PROPYLTHIO) 1,4 DITHIANE; 3,3' DIPROPANOIC ACID TETRASULFANE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DIETHYL 3,3' DIPROPIONATE TETRASULFANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL; MITOSIS INHIBITION;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CELL CYCLE; POLYSULFANES; TUBULIN;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL CYCLE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; SULFIDES; U937 CELLS;

EID: 84890818966     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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