Downregulation of c-jun results in apoptosis-mediated anti-osteosarcoma activity in an orthotopic model

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1033-1036

  Dass, Crispin R ^a,d   Friedhuber, Anna M ^a   Khachigian, Levon M ^b   Dunstan, Dave E ^a   Choong, Peter F M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; c jun; Cancer; Deoxyribozyme; Liposome; Osteosarcoma

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 2; CASPASE 8; DEOXYRIBOZYME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LIPOSOME; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA;

EID: 47949089587     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.7.7.6037     Document Type: Article

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