Evidence against a direct cytotoxic effect of alpha interferon and zidovudine in HTLV-I associated adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma

Leukemia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 716-721

  Bazarbachi, A ^a   Nasr, R ^a   El Sabban, M E ^a   Mahe A ^e   Mahieux, R ^b   Gessain, A ^b   Darwiche, N ^a   Dbaibo, G ^a   Kersual, J ^c   Zermati, Y ^d   Dianoux, L ^d   Chelbi Alix, M K ^d   De The H ^d   Hermine, O ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ATL; HTLV I; Interferon; Zidovudine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; ZIDOVUDINE;

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL GRANULE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034073070     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401742     Document Type: Article

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