Sensitization of renal carcinoma to radiation using alpha interferon (IFNA) gene transfection

Radiation Research

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 443-448

  Syljuåsen, Randi G ^a   Belldegrun, Arie ^a   Tso, Cho Lea ^a   Withers, H Rodney ^a   McBride, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL GROWTH; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL DIVISION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 1842370242     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579321     Document Type: Article

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