Expression and pharmacological inhibition of thymidylate synthase and Src kinase in nonsmall cell lung cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1777-1786

  Ceppi, Paolo ^a   Rapa, Ida ^a   Lo Iacono, Marco ^a   Righi, Luisella ^a   Giorcelli, Jessica ^a   Pautasso, Marisa ^a   Billã̈, Andrea ^a   Ardissone, Francesco ^a   Papotti, Mauro ^a   Scagliotti, Giorgio V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

nonsmall cell lung cancer; pemetrexed; Src tyrosine kinase; thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

DASATINIB; MESSENGER RNA; PEMETREXED; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER TISSUE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84857485227     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26188     Document Type: Article

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