Salinomycin inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo.

The anti-tumor antibiotic salinomycin (Sal) was recently identified as a selective inhibitor of breast cancer stem cells; however, the effect of Sal on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is not clear. This study aimed to determine the anti-tumor efficacy and mechanism of Sal on HCC. HCC cell lines (HepG...

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Main Authors: Fan Wang, Lei He, Wei-Qi Dai, Ya-Ping Xu, Dong Wu, Chun-Lei Lin, Shu-Mei Wu, Ping Cheng, Yan Zhang, Miao Shen, Chen-Feng Wang, Jie Lu, Ying-Qun Zhou, Xuan-Fu Xu, Ling Xu, Chuan-Yong Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527475?pdf=render