Intestinal and peri-tumoral lymphatic endothelial cells are resistant to radiation-induced apoptosis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 545-551

  Sung, Hoon Ki ^a,b   Morisada, Tohru ^c   Cho, Chung Hyun ^a   Oike, Yuichi ^c   Lee, Jayhun ^a   Sung, Eon Ki ^b   Chung, Jae Hoon ^a   Suda, Toshio ^c   Koh, Gou Young ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Lymphatics; Radiation therapy; Tumor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C; VASCULOTROPIN D; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRRADIATION; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 33646844096     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.121     Document Type: Article

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