Plant lectins, from ancient sugar-binding proteins to emerging anti-cancer drugs in apoptosis and autophagy

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-28

  Jiang, Q L ^a,b,c   Zhang, S ^a   Tian, M ^a   Zhang, S Y ^a   Xie, T ^a   Chen, D Y ^a   Chen, Y J ^a   He, J ^a   Liu, J ^a   Ouyang, L ^a   Jiang, X ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; ONCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLANT LECTIN; PROTEIN ATG; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BNIP3; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P53; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT LECTINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84920941027     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: 13652184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12155     Document Type: Article

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