Caspase expression profile and functional activity in a panel of breast cancer cell lines

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1229-1235

  Yang, Shihe ^a   Liu, Joan ^a   Thor, Ann D ^b   Yang, Xiaohe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Caspase; Chemotherapy; Radiation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

APAF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE; DOXORUBICIN; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST TUMOR; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34548572349     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.5.1229     Document Type: Article

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