Thymoquinone Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Cell Death and Reduction of Tumor Size through Combined Inhibition of Histone Deacetylation and Induction of Histone Acetylation

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Apoptosis in Tq-induced PreG1 fraction. (a) MiaPaCa-2 and (b) AsPc-1 cells were treated with Tq (30 and 50 μM) for 24 h, stained with Annexin V and PI, and apoptosis was analyzed by flow cytometry. The upper right quadrants represent apoptotic cells, Annexin V positive and PI negative. Quantification of cell numbers in histogram shows significant increase in the number of late apoptotic cells. Data were quantified from four experiments , using one-way repeated ANOVA with subsequent all pairwise comparison procedure by Student’s -test.

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