Inhibition of Aurora kinase a enhances chemosensitivity of medulloblastoma cell lines

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-41

  El Sheikh, Ayman ^a   Fan, Rong ^a   Birks, Diane ^b   Donson, Andrew ^b   Foreman, Nicholas K ^b   Vibhakar, Rajeev ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora kinase a; Drug target; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AURORA A KINASE; AURORA KINASE INHIBITOR; C 1368; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

ANILIDES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIMIDINES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953243476     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22465     Document Type: Article

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