The gender of cell lines matters when screening for novel anti-cancer drugs

AAPS Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 872-874

  Nunes, Larissa M ^a   Robles Escajeda, Elisa ^a   Santiago Vazquez, Yahaira ^a   Ortega, Nora M ^a   Lema, Carolina ^a   Muro, Almendra ^a   Almodovar, Gladys ^a   Das, Umashankar ^b   Das, Swagatika ^b   Dimmock, Johnatan R ^b   Aguilera, Renato J ^a   Varela Ramirez, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; cytotoxicity; drug discovery; high throughput screening

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; KETONE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL LINE; CELL LINE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AGING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84903635385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15507416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/s12248-014-9617-4     Document Type: Article

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