Expression of glutathione S-transferase-pi (GST-pi) and metallothionein (MT) in lung cancer

Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-141

  Fujino, Satoru ^a   Sakamoto, Akira ^b   Fukuda, Minoru ^a   Takatani, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuda, Masaaki ^c   Soda, Hiroshi ^d   Inoue, Yuichi ^e   Kinoshita, Akitoshi ^f   Oka, Mikio ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^d Public Mitsugi General Hospital

^e Section of Neurology   (Japan)

^f Nagasaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Drug resistance; Glutathione s transferase ; Lung cancer; Metallothionein

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; VINDESINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030963120     PISSN: 03869628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.37.135     Document Type: Article

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