Assessment of Apoptosis by Immunohistochemistry to Active Caspase-3, Active Caspase-7, or Cleaved PARP in Monolayer Cells and Spheroid and Subcutaneous Xenografts of Human Carcinoma

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 289-300

  Bressenot, Aude ^a   Marchal, Sophie ^b   Bezdetnaya, Lina ^b   Garrier, Julie ^b   Guillemin, François ^a   Plénat, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Caspase 7; Poly ADP ribose polymerase

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PACLITAXEL; TEMOPORFIN; 1-PHENYL-3,3-DIMETHYLTRIAZENE; 3,3 DIMETHYL 1 PHENYLTRIAZENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MESOPORPHYRIN; PARP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRIAZENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL STRAIN KB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPHEROID CELL; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; COLON TUMOR; METABOLISM; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; XENOGRAFT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOPORPHYRINS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PACLITAXEL; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRIAZENES;

EID: 63849241187     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.952044     Document Type: Article

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