Shikonin induces apoptosis in the human gastric cancer cells HGC-27 through mitochondria-mediated pathway

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 250-256

  Hou, Yue ^a   Xu, Jinghua ^b   Liu, Xia ^a,b   Xia, Xichun ^c   Li, Ning ^b   Bi, Xiuli ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; caspases; HGC 27 cells; mitochondrial pathway; shikonin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; SHIKONIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CHINESE HERB; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LITHOSPERMUM ERYTHRORHIZON; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84925816576     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: 09764062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.153074     Document Type: Article

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