Extracellular glutamine level reduction enhances 5-fluorouracil cytotoxicity

Cancer Biochemistry Biophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-61

  Sukemori, Seizi ^a   Sugimura, Kei Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Enhancement of cytotoxicity; Glutamine level reduction; Methotrexate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTAMINE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA P 388; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA P388; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; METHOTREXATE; MICE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032082323     PISSN: 03057232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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