Cantharidin induces apoptosis through the calcium/PKC-regulated endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway in human bladder cancer cells

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 581-600

  Su, Chin Chuan ^a,b   Liu, Shing Hwa ^c   Lee, Kuan I ^d   Huang, Kou Tong ^c   Lu, Tien Hui ^a   Fang, Kai Min ^a,e   Wu, Chin Ching ^a   Yen, Cheng Chieh ^f   Lai, Chih Ho ^a   Su, Yi Chang ^a   Huang, Chun Fa ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation   (Taiwan)

^e FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bladder Cancer Cells; Calcium; Cantharidin; ER Stress; PKC

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CANTHARIDIN; CASPASE; CASPASE 12; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 9; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; PROCASPASE 12; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CANCER CELL LINE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANCER CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CANTHARIS VESICATORIA; CELL VIABILITY; DIPTERA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; MYLABRISCICHORII; MYLABRISPHALERATA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLADDER TUMOR; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; PAPILLOMA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CANTHARIDIN; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; PAPILLOMA; PROTEIN KINASE C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84929149437     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: 17936853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X15500366     Document Type: Article

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