Demethoxycurcumin induces autophagic and apoptotic responses on breast cancer cells in photodynamic therapy

Demethoxycurcumin induces autophagic and apoptotic responses on breast cancer cells in photodynamic therapy

Curcuminoids, including curcumin (CUR), demethoxycurcumin (DMC), and bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC), show the maximum absorption wavelength near blue light. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been developed as a therapeutic modality, which could induce cell death via the formation of ROS under illumination...

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Main Authors: Hui-Yi Lin, Jia-Ni Lin, Jui-Wen Ma, Ning-Sun Yang, Chi-Tang Ho, Sheng-Chu Kuo, Tzong-Der Way
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
Curcuminoids
Photodynamic therapy
Autophagy
Apoptosis
Breast cancer
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464614003934

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