Triptolide-induced in vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity in human breast cancer stem cells and primary breast cancer cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2181-2186

  Li, Junjie ^a   Liu, Ruilei ^b   Yang, Ye ^a   Huang, Yong ^b   Li, Xi ^b   Liu, Ruiming ^c   Shen, Xiaoyan ^d  

^a SICHUAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THE THIRD AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer cells; Breast cancer stem cells; Triptolide

Indexed keywords

TRIPTOLIDE; ALKYLATING AGENT; DITERPENE; EPOXIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DEATH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NUDE MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DITERPENES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PHENANTHRENES; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84898607002     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2014.3115     Document Type: Article

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