Impact of thymidine phosphorylase surexpression on fluoropyrimidine activity and on tumour angiogenesis

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 439-445

  Marchetti, S ^a   Chazal, M ^b   Dubreuil, A ^a   Fischel, J L ^a   Etienne, M C ^a   Milano, G ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXIFLURIDINE; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; PRODRUG; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FORMAZANS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; RATS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035800443     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2001.1908     Document Type: Article

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