Morphological and biochemical changes in human fibroblast lines induced by anthracyclines during apoptosis

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Kania, Katarzyna ^a   Dragojew, Sylwia ^a   Jóźwiak, Zofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthracyclines; Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Intracellular Calcium

Indexed keywords

ACLARUBICIN; ANTHRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM; DAUNORUBICIN; IDARUBICIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; TRISOMY;

EID: 0038637776     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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