Crocin inhibits cell proliferation and enhances cisplatin and pemetrexed chemosensitivity in lung cancer cells

Translational Lung Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 775-783

  Chen, Shuangshuang ^a   Zhao, Shuang ^b   Wang, Xinxing ^c   Zhang, Luo ^d   Jiang, Enze ^b   Gu, Yuan ^e   Shangguan, Anna Junjie ^f   Zhao, Hong ^g   Lv, Tangfeng ^h   Yu, Zhenghong ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Changzhou First Hospital   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Crocin; Lung adenocarcinoma; ; Pemetrexed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960080698     PISSN: 22186751     EISSN: 22264477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-6751.2015.11.03     Document Type: Article

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