Expression of activins C and E induces apoptosis in human and rat hepatoma cells

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1801-1809

  Vejda, Susanne ^b   Erlach, Natascha ^b   Peter, Barbara ^b   Drucker, Claudia ^b   Rossmanith, Walter ^b,c   Pohl, Jens ^a   Schulte Hermann, Rolf ^b   Grusch, Michael ^b  

^a Biopharm GmbH   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN C; ACTIVIN E; CASPASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHO CELL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHO CELLS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRICETINAE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0242643758     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgg154     Document Type: Article

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