The chemotherapeutic drug 5-fluorouracil induces apoptosis in mouse thymocytes in vivo via activation of the CD95(APO-1/Fas) system

Cancer Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 243-248

  Eichhorst, S T ^a   Muerkoster S ^a   Weigand, M A ^a   Krammer, P H ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; FAS ANTIGEN; FLUOROURACIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA CONTENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FLUOROURACIL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035134514     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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