Ursolic acid induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of gallbladder carcinoma cells

Cancer Cell International

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Weng, Hao ^a,b   Tan, Zhu Jun ^a,b   Hu, Yun Ping ^a,b   Shu, Yi Jun ^a,b   Bao, Run Fa ^a,b   Jiang, Lin ^a,b   Wu, Xiang Song ^a,b   Li, Mao Lan ^a,b   Ding, Qian ^a,b   Wang, Xu An ^a,b   Xiang, Shan Shan ^a,b   Li, Huai Feng ^a,b   Cao, Yang ^a,b   Tao, Feng ^c   Liu, Ying Bin ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Gallbladder cancer; Mitochondrial mediated pathway; Proliferation; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNEXIN V PI DOUBLE STAINING ASSAY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODAMINE 123 STAINING; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 84988643249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12935-014-0096-6     Document Type: Article

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