Insights into erlotinib action in pancreatic cancer cells using a combined experimental and mathematical approach

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 43, 2012, Pages 6226-6234

  Lange, Falko ^a,b   Rateitschak, Katja ^a   Kossow, Christina ^a   Wolkenhauer, Olaf ^a,c   Jaster, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor receptor; Erlotinib; Mathematical modeling; Pancreatic cancer; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

1, 4 DIAMINO 1, 4 BIS (2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2, 3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; BROXURIDINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTROSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84873902406     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i43.6226     Document Type: Article

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