Thymoquinone Induces Cell Death in Human Squamous Carcinoma Cells via Caspase Activation-Dependent Apoptosis and LC3-II Activation-Dependent Autophagy

• Shu-Chen Chu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Chen Chu, Yih-Shou Hsieh

  Affiliation Institute and Department of Food Science, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yih-Shou Hsieh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Chen Chu, Yih-Shou Hsieh

  Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Cheng-Chia Yu,

  Affiliations Institute of Oral Science, School of Dentistry, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Dentistry, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Yeh Lai,

  Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Pei-Ni Chen

  * E-mail: Email: peini@csmu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Clinical Laboratory, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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