Inhibitory effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on cell apoptosis and senescence is potentially mediated by the p53 signaling pathway

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1237-1241

  Xia, Guangqing ^a   Xin, Nian ^b   Liu, Wei ^a   Yao, Huimin ^a   Hou, Yi ^b   Qi, Jie ^b  

^a TONGHUA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Cell apoptosis; Lycium barbarum polysaccharides; Senescence; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BETA ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LYCIUM BARBARUM POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; ENZYME ASSAY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIFE EXTENSION; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84896523087     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.1964     Document Type: Article

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