Long-term connexin-mediated bystander effect in highly tumorigenic human cells in vivo in herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir gene therapy

Gene Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1372-1378

  Duflot Dancer, A ^a   Piccoli, C ^a   Rolland, A ^a   Yamasaki, H ^a   Mesnil, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Bystander effect; Connexin43; Ganciclovir; Gap junction; Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase; Nude mice

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GANCICLOVIR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE THERAPY; HELA CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031727713     PISSN: 09697128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300734     Document Type: Article

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