Therapeutic applications of bioactive sphingolipids in hematological malignancies

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1497-1506

  Ekiz, Huseyin Atakan ^a   Baran, Yusuf ^a  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bioactive sphingolipids; Drug resistance; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CERAMIDE; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; DAUNORUBICIN; DIHYDROCERAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FATTY ACID; FENRETINIDE; FLUDARABINE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; IMATINIB; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; RESVERATROL; RETINOID; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLON CARCINOMA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MELANOMA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; BLOOD DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HOMEOSTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CERAMIDES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE;

EID: 77956605840     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25478     Document Type: Short Survey

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