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Effects of berberine on hepatocarcinoma cell lines.

Yip, Ka Yan. / "August 2011." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-113). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.III / Abstract --- p.V / 論文摘要 --- p.VI / Table of Contents --- p.VII / List of Figures --- p.IX / List of Abbreviations --- p.XI / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Hepatocellular carcinoma --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Risk factors --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Treatment ofHCC --- p.12 / Chapter 1.2 --- Berberine - a compound derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine --- p.15 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Traditional Chinese Medicine --- p.15 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Berberine --- p.16 / Chapter 1.3 --- Cell cycle --- p.18 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- An Overview of cell cycle --- p.18 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Cell cycle and carcinogenesis --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4 --- Molecular mechanism of apoptosis --- p.20 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Overview of apoptosis --- p.20 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Caspases cascade --- p.22 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Bcl-2 family --- p.24 / Chapter 1.5 --- Apoptosis as a target of cancer therapy --- p.26 / Chapter 1.6 --- Aims of study --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.28 / Chapter 2.1 --- Cell culture and treatment --- p.28 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Cell lines --- p.28 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Berberine --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Chemicals and reagents --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Preparation of solutions --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Procedures --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2 --- Apoptosis detection by FITC Annexin V and PI co-staining --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Chemicals and reagents --- p.33 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Procedures --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3 --- Gene expression in Berberine-induced apoptotic cells --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Chemicals and Reagents --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Procedures --- p.35 / Chapter 2.4 --- Protein expression in Berberine-induced apoptotic cells --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Chemicals and Reagents --- p.38 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Preparation of solution --- p.39 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Procedures --- p.41 / Chapter 2.5 --- Caspase cascade studies in berberine-induced apoptosis --- p.43 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Chemicals and reagents --- p.43 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Procedures --- p.43 / Chapter 2.6 --- Cell cycle study in berberine-induced apoptotic cells --- p.44 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Chemicals and Reagents --- p.44 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Preparation of solutions --- p.44 / Chapter 2.6.3 --- Procedures --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Results --- p.46 / Chapter 3.1 --- Berberine induces apoptosis in hepatocellular cells --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2 --- Gene expression in Berberine-induced apoptotic cells --- p.53 / Chapter 3.3 --- Caspase cascade studies in berberine-induced apoptosis --- p.58 / Chapter 3.4 --- Protein expression in Berberine-induced apoptotic cells --- p.62 / Chapter 3.5 --- Berberine caused G1 cell cycle arrest in HCC cell lines --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussion --- p.76 / References --- p.87

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327569
Date January 2011
ContributorsYip, Ka Yan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Life Sciences.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xi, 113 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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