New quinolones, ofloxacin and levofloxacin, inhibit telomerase activity in transitional cell carcinoma cell lines

Cancer Letters

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-219

  Yamakuchi, Munekazu ^a   Nakata, Masanori ^a   Kawahara, Ko Ichi ^a   Kitajima, Isao ^a   Maruyama, Ikuro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Levofloxacin; MTT assay; Ofloxacin; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; OFLOXACIN; TELOMERASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030668587     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00269-3     Document Type: Article

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