Chlorotoxin, a scorpion-derived peptide, specifically binds to gliomas and tumors of neuroectodermal origin

GLIA

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 162-173

  Lyons, Susan A ^b   O'Neal, Jeffrey ^b   Sontheimer, Harald ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b TransMolecular Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer antigen; Chloride ion channel; Melanoma; Peripheral neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)

Indexed keywords

CHLOROTOXIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR VIII; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SCORPION VENOM; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; EWING SARCOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SKIN TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHILD; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MELANOMA; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SCORPION VENOMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035983279     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.10083     Document Type: Article

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