Gene expression of 5-fluorouracil metabolic enzymes in primary colorectal cancer and corresponding liver metastasis

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 391-396

  Inokuchi, Mikito ^a   Uetake, Hiroyuki ^a   Shirota, Yoshinori ^a   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Tajima, Masayuki ^a   Sugihara, Kenichi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase; Orotate phosphoribosyl transferase; Thymidine phosphorylase; Thymidylate synthase; Uridine phosphorylase

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE DEHYDROGENASE; FLUOROURACIL; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIHYDROURACIL DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); FLUOROURACIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE; URIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE;

EID: 2142705747     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-003-0747-0     Document Type: Article

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