| Literature DB >> 21424342 |
Rui Li1, Wei-Chang Chen, Xue-Qin Pang, Wen-Yan Tian, Xue-Guang Zhang.
Abstract
The CD40 signaling pathway plays a key role in tumor cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Gastric cancer usually possesses a higher level of CD40 expression than normal tissue. We evaluated inhibition of soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) in apoptosis induction of gastric cancer cells. Gastric cancer cells (AGS and BGC-823) were incubated with sCD40L. Cell viability and cell cycle were determined by methyl-tetrazolium (MTT) assay and flow cytometry, respectively. The results showed that sCD40L hindered cell growth, arrested cells at G0/G1 phase and induced apoptosis. In conclusion, sCD40L suppress growth of gastric cancer cells through apoptosis induction and cell cycle quiescence. This work will provided a new approach to gene therapy of gastric cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21424342 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0702-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Biol Rep ISSN: 0301-4851 Impact factor: 2.316