Rapid cytocidal and cytostatic chemosensitivity test by measuring total amount of mRNA

Cancer Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-144

  Miura, Yasuhiko ^a,b   Defries, Rici ^c   Shimada, Hiroshi ^b   Mitsuhashi, Masato ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hitachi Chemical Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancers; Chemosensitivity; mRNA; MTT; Yoyo 1

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; MITOMYCIN C; POLYADENYLATED RNA; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS;

DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030740491     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00191-2     Document Type: Article

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