Leukemia
Reports from Y.C. Chen and colleagues advance knowledge in leukemia
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 16th, 2007
"Tumor cells with different origins have different threshold to apoptosis. Hematopoietic (Jurkat, NCl-H929) cells and non-hematopoietic (A549, MCF-7) cells were received hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment from 2.5 to 3.5 atmosphere absolute (ATA) of 100% oxygen for 6 h, and a significant percentage of apoptosis were shown only in hematopoietic Jurkat and NCI-H929 cells by either Annexin V or TUNEL assay," scientists in Taipei, Taiwan report.
"Oxidative stress was illustrated higher in HBO2-treated hematopoietic cells by superoxide fluorochrome detectors. HBO2 treatment leads to caspase-3. caspase-7 activation and further cleavage of PARP within cells," wrote Y.C. Chen...
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