Cantharidin inhibits cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis in tongue squamous cell carcinoma through suppression of miR-214 and regulation of p53 and Bcl-2/Bax

Oncology Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3061-3068

  Tian, Xiaoguang ^a,b   Zeng, Guang ^c   Li, Xi ^d   Wu, Zizhong ^b   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b 88th Hospital of PLA   (China)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Hospital of Chongming Air Force Field   (China)

Author keywords

Bcl 2 Bax; Cantharidin; MiR 214; P53; Tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; MICRORNA 214; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; MICRORNA; MIRN214 MICRORNA, HUMAN; TP53 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TONGUE CARCINOMA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CANTHARIDIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84928894437     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.2015.3942     Document Type: Article

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