Novel therapeutic options in anaplastic large cell lymphoma: Molecular targets and immunological tools

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1127-1136

  Merkel, Olaf ^a   Hamacher, Frank ^a   Sifft, Eveline ^a   Kenner, Lukas ^b,c   Greil, Richard ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 [4 (4' CHLORO 2 BIPHENYLYLMETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] N [4 [3 DIMETHYLAMINO 1 (PHENYLTHIOMETHYL)PROPYLAMINO] 3 NITROBENZENESULFONYL]BENZAMIDE; 7 HYDROXYSTAUROSPORINE; ABT 236; AMINOPYRIDINE; AMINOPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; BENZOQUINONE; CD30 ANTIGEN; CEP 14083; CEP 14513; CRIZOTINIB; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GELDANAMYCIN; GSK 1838705; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HERBIMYCIN; HERBIMYCIN A; IMATINIB; IMMUNOTOXIN; MIDKINE; NAVITOCLAX; NVP TAE 684; PLEIOTROPHIN; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PYRIDINE; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SGN 30; STAUROSPORINE; STAUROSPORINE DERIVATIVE; TANESPIMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE; WZ 5 126;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMATOID PAPULOSIS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NAUSEA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REED STERNBERG CELL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD30; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, ANAPLASTIC; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 79960142158     PISSN: 15357163     EISSN: 15388514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-11-0042     Document Type: Review

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