Beclin 1, an autophagy-related gene, augments apoptosis in U87 glioblastoma cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1761-1767

  Huang, Xin ^a   Qi, Qiangqian ^b   Hua, Xuming ^c   Li, Xinyuan ^c   Zhang, Wenchuan ^c   Sun, Hui ^c   Li, Shiting ^c   Wang, Xiaoqiang ^c   Li, Bin ^c  

^a Department of Neurosurgery 171 Hospital ^*  (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Beclin 1; Glioblastoma; LC3

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BECLIN1 GENE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN U87; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE; GENE SILENCING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84908133229     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2014.3015     Document Type: Article

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