Phytohemagglutinin inhibits lymphoid tumor growth in vitro and in vivo

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1785-1791

  D'Costa, Sybil S ^a   Hurwitz, Julia L ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell growth inhibition; Lymphoid tumors; PHA; Phytohemagglutinin

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLUOROURACIL; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; THYMIDINE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0141758485     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000119217     Document Type: Article

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