Phycocyanin Inhibits Tumorigenic Potential of Pancreatic Cancer Cells: Role of Apoptosis and Autophagy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liao, Gaoyong ^a   Gao, Bing ^a   Gao, Yingnv ^a   Yang, Xuegan ^a   Cheng, Xiaodong ^b   Ou, Yu ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYCOCYANIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HEP-G2 CELL LINE; HUMAN; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MCF-7 CELL LINE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; MCF-7 CELLS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYCOCYANIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84989860654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep34564     Document Type: Article

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