Ethyl Pyruvate Combats Human Leukemia Cells but Spares Normal Blood Cells.

Ethyl Pyruvate Combats Human Leukemia Cells but Spares Normal Blood Cells.

Ethyl pyruvate, a known ROS scavenger and anti-inflammatory drug was found to combat leukemia cells. Tumor cell killing was achieved by concerted action of necrosis/apoptosis induction, ATP depletion, and inhibition of glycolytic and para-glycolytic enzymes. Ethyl lactate was less harmful to leukemi...

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Main Authors: Gerd Birkenmeier, Nasr Y A Hemdan, Susanne Kurz, Marina Bigl, Philipp Pieroh, Tewodros Debebe, Martin Buchold, Rene Thieme, Gunnar Wichmann, Faramarz Dehghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5006986?pdf=render

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