Loss of ceramide production confers resistance to radiation-induced apoptosis

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1270-1275

  Chmura, Steven J ^a   Nodzenski, Edwardine ^a   Beckett, Michael A ^a   Kufe, Donald W ^b   Quintans, Jose ^a   Weichselbaum, Ralph R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL KILLING; CELL TYPE; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SECOND MESSENGER;

ALKALOIDS; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOLAMINES; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; PHENANTHRIDINES; SPHINGOSINE; TIME FACTORS;

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