Interleukin-β converting enzyme (ICE) is preferentially expressed in neuroblastomas with favourable prognosis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2081-2083

  Ikeda, H ^a   Nakamura, Y ^b   Hiwasa, T ^b   Sakiyama, S ^b   Kuida, K ^c   Su, M S S ^d   Nakagawara, A ^b  

^a Gumna Children S Medical Center   (Japan)

^b CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Interleukin 1 converting enzyme (ICE); Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; TUMOR PROTEIN;

CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE MYC; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CASPASE 1; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031240964     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00214-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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