Critical role of reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial membrane potential in Korean mistletoe lectin-induced apoptosis in human hepatocarcinoma cells

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1383-1396

  Kim, Won Ho ^a   Park, Won Bong ^b   Gao, Bin ^c   Jung, Myeong Ho ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGGLUTININ; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCUM ALBUM;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 9444222718     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.104.001347     Document Type: Article

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