Acute promyelocytic leukemia: Cellular and molecular basis of differentiation and apoptosis

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Chen, Zhu ^a,b   Wang, Zhen Yi ^a   Chen, Sai Juan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaghai Life Science Center   (China)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Apoptosis; Arsenic trioxide; Differentiation; PML RAR fusion gene; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CROSS RESISTANCE; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; ARSENICALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; OXIDES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0031278165     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(97)00090-9     Document Type: Review

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