The preferential induction of apoptosis in multidrug-resistant KB cells by 5-fluorouracil

Cancer Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Warr, J R ^a   Bamford, A ^a   Quinn, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Apoptosis; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STRAIN KB; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; KB CELLS; KINETICS; NECROSIS; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT;

EID: 0037049880     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00721-2     Document Type: Article

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