Arsenic trioxide sensitivity is associated with low level of glutathione in cancer cells

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 796-799

  Yang, C H ^a   Kuo, M L ^a   Chen, J C ^a   Chen, Y C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic trioxide; Buthionine sulphoximine; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL LEVEL; CROSS RESISTANCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAMMAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARSENICALS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE PI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OXIDES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032718622     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690766     Document Type: Article

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