Silibilin-induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells by modulating p53, p21, bak and bcl-xl pathways

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2087-2092

  Pirouzpanah, Mohammad Bagher ^a   Sabzichi, Mehdi ^a,b   Pirouzpanah, Saeed ^b   Chavoshi, Hadi ^b   Samadi, Nasser ^a,b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest; MCF 7; Silibinin

Indexed keywords

BAK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; FLAVONOLIGNAN; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN P53; TP53 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MCF 7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SILYBUM MARIANUM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FLAVONOLIGNANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; MILK THISTLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84928530571     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.5.2087     Document Type: Article

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