c-Kit is preferentially expressed in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma and its effect on cell proliferation is inhibited in vitro by STI-571

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Vitali, Roberta ^a,b   Cesi, Vincenzo ^b   Nicotra, Maria Rita ^c   McDowell, Heather P ^d   Donfrancesco, Alberto ^a   Mannarino, Olga ^e   Natali, Pier Giorgio ^f   Raschellà, Giuseppe ^b   Dominici, Carlo ^a,e,g  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g Laboratory of Immunology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

c Kit; Neuroblastoma; Stem Cell Factor; STI 571

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CANCER; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER STAGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN GI CA N; CELL STRAIN HTLA230; CELL STRAIN SK N BE2C; CHILD; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCN GENE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUROBLASTOMA; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PYRIMIDINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037479907     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11187     Document Type: Article

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