Depletion of membrane cholesterol compromised caspase-8 imparts in autophagy induction and inhibition of cell migration in cancer cells

Abstract Background Cholesterol in lipid raft plays crucial role on cancer cell survival during metastasis of cancer cells. Cancer cells are reported to enrich cholesterol in lipid raft which make them more susceptible to cell death after cholesterol depletion than normal cells. Methyl-β-cyclodextri...

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Main Authors: Mukesh Kumar, Karuna Irungbam, Meena Kataria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12935-018-0520-4