Dexamethasone induces partial resistance to cisplatinum in C6 glioma cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 805-810

  Wolff, Johannes E A ^a,b   Denecke, Jonas ^a   Jürgens, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; CDDP; Cell culture; DEX; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROPEROXYIFOSFAMIDE; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DACTINOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTATHIONE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GLIOMA; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; RATS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0029894728     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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