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Triptolide induces apoptosis in human anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells by a p53-independent but NF-kappaB-related mechanism.
Oncology reports - 1 Dec 2009
Zhu Wenbo, Hu Haiyan, Qiu Pengxin, Yan Guangmei
Abstract excerpt
Triptolide, a traditional anti-inflammatory and anti-immunodepressive agent, has been reported to exert anti-neoplastic activity on several human tumor cell lines. This study investigates the pro-apoptotic function and the functional mechanism of triptolide on anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) cells. Experiments presented here demonstrated that triptolide had dose-dependent effects on cell viability of human ATC...
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