An in-silico study examining the induction of apoptosis by Cryptotanshinone in metastatic melanoma cell lines

An in-silico study examining the induction of apoptosis by Cryptotanshinone in metastatic melanoma cell lines

Abstract Background Metastatic melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer that evades various anti-cancer treatments including surgery, radio-,immuno- and chemo-therapy. TRAIL-induced apoptosis is a desirable method to treat melanoma since, unlike other treatments, it does not harm non-cancerous...

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Main Authors: Radhika S. Saraf, Aniruddha Datta, Chao Sima, Jianping Hua, Rosana Lopes, Michael Bittner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Melanoma
Trail
Cryptotanshinone
Stat3
Boolean networks
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-4756-0

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