Regulation of Radiation-Induced Apoptosis by Early Growth Response-1 Gene in Solid Tumors

Current Cancer Drug Targets

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Ahmed, Mansoor M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; EGR 1; NF B and ionizing radiation; P53; TNF

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 4; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR ALPHA; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN C JUN; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WT1 PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IONIZING RADIATION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION, IONIZING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 1542514781     PISSN: 15680096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568009043481704     Document Type: Review

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