Transplantation of prodrug-converting neural progenitor cells for brain tumor therapy

Cancer Gene Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 396-402

  Barresi, Vincenza ^a   Belluardo, Natale ^b   Sipione, Simonetta ^c   Mudó, Giuseppa ^b   Cattaneo, Elena ^c   Condorelli, Daniele Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytosine deaminase; Gene therapy; Glioma; Neural progenitor cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRAIN; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE THERAPY; GLIA; GLIOMA; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUCYTOSINE; FLUOROURACIL; GENE THERAPY; GLIOMA; NEURONS; PRODRUGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037624997     PISSN: 09291903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700580     Document Type: Article

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