Oleanolic acid induces protective autophagy in cancer cells through the JNK and mTOR pathways

Oncology Reports

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 567-572

  Liu, Jia ^a,c   Zheng, Lanhong ^b   Zhong, Jiateng ^e   Wu, Ning ^a   Liu, Ge ^a,c   Lin, Xiukun ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Basic Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

Autophagy; C jun N terminal kinase; Cancer; Mammalian target of rapamycin; Oleanolic acid

Indexed keywords

LIGHT CHAIN 3 I PROTEIN; LIGHT CHAIN 3 II PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIMED DRUG RELEASE; TUMOR CELL LINE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MCF 7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

AUTOPHAGY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MCF-7 CELLS; NEOPLASMS; OLEANOLIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84903192052     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2014.3239     Document Type: Article

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