Leukemia

Reports on leukemia findings from Kyung-Hee University provide new insights

Published in Blood Weekly, June 25th, 2009

According to recent research from Seoul, South Korea, "Anti-proliferation and apoptosis inducing effects of green tea polyphenols (GTPs) were studied against human promyeolcytic leukemia HL-60 cells. Anti-proliferation activity of GTPs against HL-60 cells and cytotoxicity against normal cells, V79-4 were measured with the MTT assay."

"Nuclear fragmentation of GTP-treated cells was observed with a fluorescence microscope and flow-cytometric analysis was performed to observe the appearance of apoptotic bodies. Changes in apoptosis-related protein levels were investigated by, Western blot analysis. GTPs significantly reduced the HL-60 proliferation, however, they did not...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-25)

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