Levels of glucocorticoid receptor and its ligand determine sensitivity and kinetics of glucocorticoid-induced leukemia apoptosis

Leukemia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 820-823

  Gruber, G ^a,b   Carlet, M ^a,b   Turtscher E ^b   Meister, B ^a,b   Irving, J A E ^c   Ploner, C ^a   Kofler, R ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b TYROLEAN CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 64849102392     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2008.360     Document Type: Article

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