The role of autophagy in usnic acid-induced toxicity in hepatic cells

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-44

  Chen, Si ^a   Dobrovolsky, Vasily N ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Wu, Yuanfeng ^a   Zhang, Zhuhong ^a   Mei, Nan ^a   Guo, Lei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Liver toxicity; MAPK pathway; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CHLOROQUINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN P62; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; USNIC ACID; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPG2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BENZOFURANS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM;

EID: 84927762227     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu154     Document Type: Article

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