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Published in: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 1/2008

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Chinese herb related molecules of cancer-cell-apoptosis: a minireview of progress between Kanglaite injection and related genes

Authors: Yun Lu, Chang-Sheng Li, Qian Dong

Published in: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

Many kinds of Chinese herb had been confirmed to have the character of anti-tumor, clinical reports about anti-tumor effects of Chinese herb had also been found in recent years, but most of the reports were focused on the clinical treatment of effectiveness for Chinese herb, on the other hand, review about Chinese herbal related with molecules on cancer-cell-apoptosis was seldom, many scientists could not believe such kinds of clinical describes about anti-tumor effects for Chinese herb, because these describes were lack of molecular biology evidence. Kanglaite(KLT) injection is an anti-tumor new drug which extracts from Chinese medicine-coix seed with modern advanced pharmaceutical technology, it is also a new biphase extended-spectrum anticancer medicine, the food and drug administration(FDA) of United States also approved a phase II trial of KLT to test its efficacy in treating non-small-cell lung cancer. Some studies show it could inhibit some anti-apoptotic gene and activate some pro-apoptotic gene, its injection solution is one of the new anticancer medicine that can significantly inhibit a various kinds of tumor cells, so it has become the core of research that how to further explore KLT injection to promote tumor cell apoptosis by impacting on related genes. In this review, the relationship between KLT and some tumor cell apoptosis molecules had been discussed and reviewed generally.
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Metadata
Title
Chinese herb related molecules of cancer-cell-apoptosis: a minireview of progress between Kanglaite injection and related genes
Authors
Yun Lu
Chang-Sheng Li
Qian Dong
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research / Issue 1/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1756-9966
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-9966-27-31

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