Overexpression of the cytoprotective protein clusterin decreases radiosensitivity in the human LNCaP prostate tumour model

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 463-469

  Zellweger, T ^a   Kiyama, S ^a   Chi, K ^a   Miyake, H ^a   Adomat, H ^b   Skov, K ^b   Gleave, M E ^a,c  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Clusterin; Prostate cancer; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TUMOR GROWTH;

APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; CLUSTERIN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0042912014     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04349.x     Document Type: Article

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