Induction of apoptosis in the centre of multicellular tumour spheroids of colorectal adenocarcinomas -involvement of CD95 pathway and differentiation

Apoptosis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-280

  Hauptmann, S ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; CD95; Cytokines; Differentiation; FasL; Heat shock proteins; Hypoxia; Multicellular tumour spheroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006224173     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009613325845     Document Type: Article

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