Targeting Bcl-2-mediated cell death as a novel therapy in pancreatic cancer

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-281

  Muilenburg, Diego J ^a   Coates, Jodi M ^a   Virudachalam, Subbulakshmi ^a   Bold, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; autophagy; Bcl 2; beclin 1; BH 3; pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

A 779024; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BECLIN 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTEIN MCL 1; RAPAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BAX PROTEIN (53-86); BECN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DEATH; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIGHT CHAIN; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; APOPTOSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 77956924838     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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