Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10738165 Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2012 11 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Intracellular glutathione (GSH) depletion is the prime hallmark of the progression of apoptosis. ► Curcumin suppresses human leukemic cell growth via reactive oxygen species-independent GSH depletion. ► Curcumin downregulates inhibitor of apoptosis proteins in human leukemic cells. ► Curcumin inhibits sphingomyelin synthase activity in human leukemic cells. ► GSH regulates caspase-dependent Cer generation and apoptosis induced by curcumin.
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