Blocked autophagy sensitizes resistant carcinoma cells to radiation therapy

Cancer Research

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1485-1494

  Apel, Anja ^a,c   Herr, Ingrid ^c   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Rodemann, H Peter ^a   Mayer, Andreas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATG12 GENE; ATG3 GENE; ATG4B GENE; ATG4C GENE; ATG5 GENE; AUTOPHAGY; BECLIN 1 GENE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTANT; P53 GENE; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIZATION; TUMOR CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; GENES, P53; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 40449086885     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-0562     Document Type: Article

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