Betulinic acid-induced mitochondria-dependent cell death is counterbalanced by an autophagic salvage response

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Potze, L ^a   Mullauer, F B ^a   Colak, S ^a   Kessler, J H ^a   Medema, J P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Betulinic acid; Cancer; LC3; Necroptosis

Indexed keywords

BETULIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYCLOSPORIN; TRITERPENE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL LINE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE EMBRYO; NECROPTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NECROSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; NECROSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84900993031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.139     Document Type: Article

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