N-acetylcysteine, reactive oxygen species and beyond

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Sun, Shi Yong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Glutathione; Glycyrrhenitic acid derivatives; NAC; Reactive oxygen species; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; FLICE INHIBITORY PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; PROTEIN MCL 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; X LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CFLAR PROTEIN, HUMAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; METHYL 2 CYANO 3,11 DIOXOOLEANA 1,12 DIEN 30 OATE; METHYL 2 CYANO 3,12 DIOXOOLEANA 1, 12 DIEN 30 OATE; METHYL 2-CYANO-3,11-DIOXOOLEANA-1,12-DIEN-30-OATE; METHYL 2-CYANO-3,12-DIOXOOLEANA-1, 12-DIEN-30-OATE; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR PROTEIN; XIAP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NOTE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CASP8 AND FADD-LIKE APOPTOSIS REGULATING PROTEIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, LEUKEMIC; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; X-LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN;

EID: 85046915361     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.9.2.10583     Document Type: Note

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