External Qi of Yan Xin Qigong Inhibits Activation of Akt, Erk/12 and NF-ĸB and Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Colorectal Cancer Cells
Author(s) -
Xin Yan,
Hua Shen,
Hongjian Jiang,
Dan Hu,
Jun Wang,
Xinqi Wu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000343354
Subject(s) - survivin , xiap , protein kinase b , apoptosis , viability assay , cell cycle , cytotoxic t cell , cyclin d1 , cancer research , kinase , cancer cell , cell cycle checkpoint , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , mapk/erk pathway , chemistry , biology , cancer , programmed cell death , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , caspase , biochemistry , in vitro
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in the Western countries. Novel approaches of treatment are needed for CRC. The purpose of the present study was to investigate cytotoxic effect of external Qi of Yan Xin Qigong (YXQ-EQ) on human colorectal cancer cells.
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