Pentoxifylline stimulates drug-induced apoptosis in leukemic cells

Neoplasma

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 296-300

  Rauko, P ^a   Sedlak J ^a   Duraj, J ^a   Szekeres, M F ^b   Novotny L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Camptothecin; Cell proliferation; Cisplatin; Flow cytometry; Pentoxifylline

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; CISPLATIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEUKEMIA CELL; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032422633     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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