Cimetidine induces apoptosis of human salivary gland tumor cells

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 673-678

  Fukuda, Masakatsu ^a   Tanaka, Shin ^a   Suzuki, Seiji ^a   Kusama, Kaoru ^a   Kaneko, Tadayoshi ^b   Sakashita, Hideaki ^a  

^a MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoid cystic carcinomas; Apoptosis; Cimetidine; Human salivary gland tumor cell; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Perineural invasion

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CIMETIDINE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CIMETIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247872956     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.3.673     Document Type: Article

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