Chrysin induces cell apoptosis in human uveal melanoma cells via intrinsic apoptosis

Oncology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 4813-4820

  Xue, Chunyan ^a   Chen, Yueqin ^a,b   Hu, Dan Ning ^b   Iacob, Codrin ^b   Lu, Chengwei ^c   Huang, Zhenping ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Caspase 9; Chrysin; Cytochrome c; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995751501     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2016.5251     Document Type: Article

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