Gene therapy of metastatic colon carcinoma: Regression of multiple hepatic metastases by adenoviral expression of bacterial cytosine deaminase

Cancer Gene Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 438-445

  Block, Andreas ^a   Freund, Christian T F ^b   Chen, Shu Hsia ^c   Nguyen, Khiem Pham ^c   Finegold, Milton ^b   Windler, Eberhard ^a   Woo, Savio L C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 fluorocytosine; BALB c; Cancer gene therapy; Colon carcinoma; Cytosine deaminase; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; FLUOROURACIL; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; COLON CARCINOMA; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0034117830     PISSN: 09291903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700131     Document Type: Article

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