Azadirone, a limonoid tetranortriterpene, induces death receptors and sensitizes human cancer cells to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) through a p53 protein-independent mechanism: evidence for the role of the ROS-ERK-CHOP-death receptor pathway.

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Published in J Biol Chem on September 27, 2013

Authors

Subash C Gupta1, Sajin K Francis, Mangalam S Nair, Yin-Yuan Mo, Bharat B Aggarwal

Author Affiliations

1: From the Cytokine Research Laboratory, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030.

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