Effects of heavy water (D2O) on human pancreatic tumor cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3407-3411

  Hartmann, Johannes ^a   Bader, Yvonne ^a   Horvath, Zsuzsanna ^a   Saiko, Philipp ^a   Grusch, Michael ^a   Illmer, Christoph ^a   Madlener, Sibylle ^a   Fritzer Szekeres, Monika ^a   Heller, Nicole ^b   Alken, Rudolf Giesbert ^b   Szekeres, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BDD Berolina Drug Development GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; AsPC 1; BxPC 3 and PANC 1 cells; Cell cycle distribution; Heavy water (deuterium oxide, D2O); Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL)[2,5' BI 1H BENZIMIDAZOL] 2' YL]PHENOL; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL STRAIN ASPC 1; CELL STRAIN BXPC 3; CELL STRAIN PANC 1; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MITOSIS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23344445608     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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