Antitumor activity of cationic liposome-mediated Bax gene transfer in osteosarcoma cells: Induction of apoptosis and caspase-independent cell death

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 433-438

  Okumura, Kenya ^a   Nakase, Minoru ^a   Nakamura, Shinnosuke ^a   Inui, Madoka ^a   Hlramoto, Kenichl ^a   Tagawa, Toshiro ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Caspase independent cell death; Cationic liposome; Gene therapy; Osteosarcoma

Indexed keywords

BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYL ALANYL ASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLVALYL-ALANYL-ASPARTYL FLUOROMETHYL KETONE; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CATION; LIPOSOME; PEPTIDE CHLOROMETHYL KETONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CATIONS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIPOSOMES; OSTEOSARCOMA; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 33644685991     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.27.2.433     Document Type: Article

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