Pharmacological inhibitors of mammalian fatty acid synthase suppress DNA replication and induce apoptosis in tumor cell lines

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 4611-4615

  Pizer, Ellen S ^a,c   Chrest, Francis J ^b   DiGiuseppe, Joseph A ^a   Han, Wan Fang ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; C 75; CERULETIDE; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS; CERULENIN; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032532655     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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