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| Park,S.H.; Sung,J.H.; Kim,E.J.; Chung,N.. |
| Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death. Gemcitabine is widely used as a chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, but the prognosis is still poor. Berberine, an isoquinoline alkaloid extracted from a variety of natural herbs, possesses a variety of pharmacological properties including anticancer effects. In this study, we investigated the anticancer effects of berberine and compared its use with that of gemcitabine in the pancreatic cancer cell lines PANC-1 and MIA-PaCa2. Berberine inhibited cell growth in a dose-dependent manner by inducing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. After berberine treatment, the G1 phase of PANC-1 cells increased by 10% compared to control cells, and the G1 phase of MIA-PaCa2 cells was... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pancreatic cancer; Berberine; Gemcitabine; Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2015000200111 |
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| Vucic,V.; Isenovic,E.R.; Adzic,M.; Ruzdijic,S.; Radojcic,M.B.. |
| Gamma-irradiation (gamma-IR) is extensively used in the treatment of hormone-resistant prostate carcinoma. The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of 60Co gamma-IR on the growth, cell cycle arrest and cell death of the human prostate cancer cell line DU 145. The viability of DU 145 cells was measured by the Trypan blue exclusion assay and the 3(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5,diphenyltetrazolium bromide test. Bromodeoxyuridine incorporation was used for the determination of cell proliferation. Cell cycle arrest and cell death were analyzed by flow cytometry. Superoxide dismutase (SOD), specifically CuZnSOD and MnSOD protein expression, after 10 Gy gamma-IR, was determined by Western immunoblotting analysis. gamma-IR treatment had a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Gamma-irradiation; Prostate cancer; Proliferation; Cell death; Cell cycle arrest; Superoxide dismutase. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000200009 |
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| XU,Li-na; LU,Bi-nan; HU,Ming-ming; XU,You-wei; HAN,Xu; QI,Yan; PENG,Jin-yong. |
| Berberine, a constituent of some traditional Chinese medicinal plants, has been reported to have cytotoxicity effects on different human cancer cell lines. There is no available information about the effects and mechanism of action of berberine on human colon cancer cell line HCT-8. In this paper, the cytotoxicity of berberine on HCT-8 cancer cells was investigated by MTT assay, fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry analysis. Our data revealed that berberine could significantly inhibit the growth of HCT-8 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Morphology of apoptotic cells was studied with acridine orange/ethidium bromide staining. The concentrations of lactate dehydrogenase and both acid and alkaline phosphatases were significantly increased in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest; Death receptor pathway; Mitochondrial pathway; Natural product. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0327-95452012000300003 |
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