The endogenous cannabinoid, anandamide, induces COX-2-dependent cell death in apoptosis-resistant colon cancer cells

HA Patsos, A Greenhough… - International …, 2010 - spandidos-publications.com
Despite recent advances in understanding colorectal tumour biology, there is still a need to
improve the 5-year survival rate of patients with colorectal cancer as approximately 40% of …

Concomitant inhibition of MDM2 and Bcl-2 protein function synergistically induce mitochondrial apoptosis in AML

K Kojima, M Konopleva, IJ Samudio, WD Schober… - Cell cycle, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Disruption of Mdm2-p53 interaction activates p53 signaling, disrupts the balance
ofantiapoptotic and proapoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins and induces apoptosis in …

Coculture with astrocytes reduces the radiosensitivity of glioblastoma stem‐like cells and identifies additional targets for radiosensitization

BH Rath, A Wahba, K Camphausen… - Cancer …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Toward developing a model system for investigating the role of the microenvironment in the
radioresistance of glioblastoma (GBM), human glioblastoma stem‐like cells (GSCs) were …

Docetaxel induces Bcl-2-and pro-apoptotic caspase-independent death of human prostate cancer DU145 cells

T Ogura, Y Tanaka, H Tamaki… - … Journal of Oncology, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
Docetaxel is a useful chemotherapeutic agent for the first-line treatment of hormone-
refractory prostate cancer. Abnormal expression of Bcl-2 is commonly found in cancer cells …

p53 and p21 determine the sensitivity of noscapine-induced apoptosis in colon cancer cells

R Aneja, AM Ghaleb, J Zhou, VW Yang, HC Joshi - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
We have previously discovered the naturally occurring antitussive alkaloid noscapine as a
tubulin-binding agent that attenuates microtubule dynamics and arrests mammalian cells at …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoid-associated cell death mechanisms in tumor models

G Calvaruso, O Pellerito… - … journal of oncology, 2012 - spandidos-publications.com
In recent years, cannabinoids (the active components of Cannabis sativa) and their
derivatives have received considerable interest due to findings that they can affect the …

The role of apoptosis in radiation oncology

RE Meyn, L Milas, KK Ang - International journal of radiation …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Apoptosis, as a mode of cell death in irradiated cell populations, has been the
subject of literarily hundreds if not thousands of published reports over the past few years …

Counting heads in the war against cancer: defining the role of annexin A5 imaging in cancer treatment and surveillance

MF Corsten, L Hofstra, J Narula… - Cancer Research, 2006 - AACR
The unveiling of the heterogeneous nature of cell death modes has compromised the long-
lived consensus that cancer treatment typically kills cancer cells through apoptosis …

Mitotic catastrophe as a consequence of chemotherapy

S Mansilla, M Bataller, J Portugal - Anti-Cancer Agents in …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
According to a widespread model, anti-cancer chemotherapy involves the triggering of tumor
cells to undergo apoptosis, so apoptosis-resistant cells would be recalcitrant to such …

p53-Dependent p21-mediated growth arrest pre-empts and protects HCT116 cells from PUMA-mediated apoptosis induced by EGCG

VS Thakur, ARMR Amin, RK Paul, K Gupta, K Hastak… - Cancer letters, 2010 - Elsevier
The tumor suppressor protein p53 plays a key role in regulation of negative cellular growth
in response to EGCG. To further explore the role of p53 signaling and elucidate the …