The hedgehog inhibitor cyclopamine induces apoptosis in leukemic cells in vitro

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2383-2386

  Warzecha, Jörg ^a   Bonke, Leonie ^a   Koehl, Ulrike ^a   Munkelt, Doreen ^a   Göttig, Stephan ^b   Percic, Denis ^a   Arabmotlagh, Mohammad ^a   Kurth, Andreas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immune Hematology   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPAMINE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; TOMATIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN K 562; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; VERATRUM ALKALOIDS;

EID: 57449083769     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190802510315     Document Type: Article

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