Nimbolide Induces Pancreatic Cancer Cell Death (IMAGE)

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Nimbolide Induces Pancreatic Cancer Cell Death

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Microscopic images show how nimbolide induces authophagy, or cell death, in human pancreatic cancer cells. (Green fluorescence indicates autophagy.) Right image shows human pancreatic cancer cells that have been left untreated.

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Subramani, R. et al. Nimbolide inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis through ROS-mediated apoptosis and inhibition of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Sci. Rep. 6, 19819; doi: 10.1038/srep19819 (2016).

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