Electrical fields enhance growth of cancer spheroids by reactive oxygen species and intracellular Ca2+

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Wartenberg, M ^a   Hescheler, J ^a   Sauer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracellular Ca2+ store; Oxidative stress; Tumor growth

Indexed keywords

DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL;

EID: 0030910696     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.5.r1677     Document Type: Article

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