EGCG induces human mesothelioma cell death by inducing reactive oxygen species and autophagy

Malignant mesothelioma is an asbestos-related fatal disease with no effective cure. We studied whether a green tea polyphenol, epigallocathechin-3-gallate (EGCG), could induce cell death in five human mesothelioma cell lines. We found that EGCG induced apoptosis in all five mesothelioma cell lines i...

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Main Authors: Satoh, Motohiko, Takemura, Yukitoshi, Hamada, Hironobu, Sekido, Yoshitaka, Kubota, Shunichiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605250/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23432995
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2867-13-19
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