Reply: Cytotoxic effect of disulfiram/copper on human glioblastoma cell lines and ALDH-positive cancer-stem-like cells

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 994-

  Liu, P ^a   Brown, S ^a   Channathodiyil, P ^a   Kannappan, V ^a   Armesilla, A L ^a   Darling, J L ^a   Wang, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DISULFIRAM; GLUCONATE COPPER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER STEM CELL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COPPER; DISULFIRAM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 84875215233     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.19     Document Type: Letter

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