Quantitative expression analysis of the apoptosis-related genes BCL2, BAX and BCL2L12 in gastric adenocarcinoma cells following treatment with the anticancer drugs cisplatin, etoposide and taxol

Tumor Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 865-875

  Korbakis, Dimitrios ^a   Scorilas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

AGS gastric adenocarcinoma cell line; Anticancer drugs; Apoptosis; BCL2 family; BCL2L12; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PACLITAXEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BCL2L12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAX GENE; BCL2 GENE; BCL2L12 GENE; CANCER CELL; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GAPDH GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; UPREGULATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PROTO ONCOGENE; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PACLITAXEL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863606865     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-011-0313-z     Document Type: Article

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