An echo-contrast agent, Levovist, lowers the ultrasound intensity required to induce apoptosis of human leukemia cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Ando, Hidetaka ^a   Feril Jr , Loreto B ^a,b   Kondo, Takashi ^a   Tabuchi, Yoshiaki ^b   Ogawa, Ryohei ^a   Zhao, Qing Li ^a   Cui, Zheng Guo ^a   Umemura, Shin ichiro ^c   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^d   Misaki, Takuro ^a  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Levovist; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DNA FRAGMENT; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; HISTONE H2AX; SHU 508; SUPEROXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL KILLING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ULTRASOUND;

APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; LEUKEMIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUPEROXIDES; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33749234351     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.10.032     Document Type: Article

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