Licochalcone A-induced human gastric cancer BGC-823 cells apoptosis by regulating ROS-mediated MAPKs and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hao, Wenjin ^a   Yuan, Xuan ^b   Yu, Lina ^a   Gao, Caixia ^a   Sun, Xiling ^a   Wang, Dong ^c   Zheng, Qiusheng ^a,d  

^a BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; LICOCHALCONE A; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHALCONES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84929439319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10336     Document Type: Article

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