β-elemene induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in human glioma cells in vitro through the upregulation of bax and Fas/FasL and downregulation of Bcl-2

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 10407-10412

  Li, Chen Long ^a   Chang, Liang ^a   Guo, Lin ^a   Zhao, Dan ^b   Liu, Hui Bin ^b   Wang, Qiu Shi ^b   Zhang, Ping ^a   Du, Wen Zhong ^a   Liu, Xing ^a   Zhang, Hai Tao ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Yao ^a   Xie, Jing Hong ^c   Ming, Jian Guang ^a   Cui, Yu Qiong ^a   Sun, Ying ^a   Zhang, Zhi Ren ^b   Jiang, Chuan Lu ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qingdao No 8 People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fas FasL; Glioma; Proliferation; elemene

Indexed keywords

BETA-ELEMENE; CASPASE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; FASLG PROTEIN, HUMAN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SESQUITERPENE;

APOPTOSIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; GENETICS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SESQUITERPENES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84921723279     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.23.10407     Document Type: Article

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