Apoptosis pathways in cancer and cancer therapy

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-159

  Debatin, Klaus Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptosis defects; Cancer therapy; Cytotoxic drugs; Immunotherapy; Resistance mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BH3 PROTEIN; CASPASE; CASPASE 10; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CISPLATIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTARABINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN MCL 1; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAUROSPORINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; UNINDEXED DRUG; X LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X-LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN;

EID: 1542357606     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-003-0474-8     Document Type: Review

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