C2-ceramide induces cell death and protective autophagy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 3336-3355

  Zhu, Wenyuan ^a,b   Wang, Xinhua ^b   Zhou, Yi ^b   Wang, Huiming ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; C2 ceramide; ERK1 2 pathway; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; Necroptosis

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; CASPASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MTOR PROTEIN, HUMAN; N-ACETYLSPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL COUNTING; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METABOLISM; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NECROSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOSINE; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84894271972     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15023336     Document Type: Article

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