Basic Research
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2008; 14(15): 2358-2363
Published online Apr 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2358
Table 1 α-adrenoceptor antagonists-induced apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells (mean ± SD)
TreatmentTUNEL-positive cells (apoptotic index) (%)
PC-2PC-2PC-3PC-3
100&mgr;mol/L200&mgr;mol/L100&mgr;mol/L200&mgr;mol/L
Yohimbine20.91 ± 2.43a39.41 ± 3.21a15.47 ± 2.19a21.22 ± 2.57a
Urapidil1.57 ± 0.942.47 ± 1.031.98 ± 0.692.33 ± 0.92
Control2.56 ± 0.782.14 ± 0.62