The pan-Bcl-2 blocker obatoclax promotes the expression of Puma, Noxa, and Bim mRNA and induces apoptosis in neoplastic mast cells

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-104

  Peter, Barbara ^a,b   Cerny Reiterer, Sabine ^a   Hadzijusufovic, Emir ^a,b   Schuch, Karina ^a   Stefanzl, Gabriele ^a   Eisenwort, Gregor ^a   Gleixner, Karoline V ^a   Hoermann, Gregor ^a   Mayerhofer, Matthias ^a,c   Kundi, Michael ^d   Baumgartner, Sigrid ^a   Sperr, Wolfgang R ^a   Pickl, Winfried F ^a   Willmann, Michael ^b   Valent, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mastocytosis; Mcl 1; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; BORTEZOMIB; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DASATINIB; MESSENGER RNA; MIDOSTAURIN; OBATOCLAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN NOXA; PUMA PROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BBC3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BCL 2 LIKE PROTEIN 11; BCL-2-LIKE PROTEIN 11; MCL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYELOID LEUKEMIA FACTOR 1; ONCOPROTEIN; PMAIP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN BCL X; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; MASTOCYTOMA CELL LINE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; VERY ELDERLY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASTOCYTOSIS; MCL-1; MORTALITY; SARCOMA; TARGETED THERAPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MASTOCYTOSIS; MCL-1; TARGETED THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MAST-CELL SARCOMA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PYRROLES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84897019340     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1112609     Document Type: Article

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