Ropivacaine promotes apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells through damaging mitochondria and activating caspase-3 activity

Abstract Background Recent evidences indicated that some local anaesthetic agents played a role in inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells; Whether ropivacaine is able to promote apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells is still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the eff...

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Main Authors: Wenting Wang, Mingyue Zhu, Zhixin Xu, Wei Li, Xu Dong, Yi Chen, Bo Lin, Mengsen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40659-019-0242-7