Suppression of telomerase activity by pyrimethamine: Implication to cancer

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 223-228

  Khorramizadeh, Mohammad Reza ^a   Saadat, Farshid ^a   Vaezzadeh, Farhad ^a   Safavifar, Farnaz ^a   Bashiri, Hassan ^a   Jahanshiri, Zahra ^a   Momeny, Majid ^a   Mirshafiey, Abbas ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP); Pyrimethamine; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PYRIMETHAMINE; TELOMERASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RESEARCH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METASTASIS; NICK END LABELING; PROSTATE CANCER;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; PYRIMETHAMINE; TELOMERASE;

EID: 35648982404     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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