Evaluation of EGFR and RTK Signaling in the Electrotaxis of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells under Direct-Current Electric Field Stimulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Hsieh Fu ^a,b   Huang, Ching Wen ^b,e   Chang, Hui Fang ^b   Chen, Jeremy J W ^c   Lee, Chau Hwang ^a,b   Cheng, Ji Yen ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; S6 KINASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRAIN CL1; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRIC FIELD STIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84881258173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073418     Document Type: Article

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