Lipid microsphere preparation of a lipophilic ceramide derivative suppresses colony formation in a murine experimental pulmonary metastasis model

Journal of Drug Targeting

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-195

  Takenaga, M ^a   Igarashi, R ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Takeuchi, J ^a   Mizushima, N ^b   Nakayama, T ^c   Morizawa, Y ^c   Mizushima, Y ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ASAHI GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ceramide derivatives; Ceramides; Lipid microspheres (LM); Metastasis

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; LUNG METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033391667     PISSN: 1061186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10611869909085501     Document Type: Article

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