Absent or reduced expression of the caspase 8 gene occurs frequently in neuroblastoma, but not commonly in Ewing sarcoma or rhabdomyosarcoma

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 541-543

  Takita, Junko ^a   Yang, Hong Wei ^a   Bessho, Fumio ^a   Hanada, Ryoji ^b   Yamamoto, Keiko ^b   Kidd, Vincent ^c   Teitz, Tal ^c   Wei, Tie ^c   Hayashi, Yasuhide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caspase 8; Ewing sarcoma; Neuroblastoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EWING SARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CHILD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEUROBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA, EWING'S; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033658582     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-911X(20001201)35:6<541::AID-MPO9>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Conference Paper

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