Chronic hypoxia modulates tumour cell radioresponse through cytokine-inducible nitric oxide synthase

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1122-1125

  Van Den Berge, D L ^a   De Ridder, M ^a   Verovski, V N ^a   Janssens, M Y ^a   Monsaert, C ^a   Storme, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic hypoxia; Cytokines; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Radiosensitization

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HYPOXIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOSENSITIZATION; TUMOR CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; OXYGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035917613     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1719     Document Type: Article

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