Overcoming multiple drug resistance mechanisms in medulloblastoma

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Othman, Ramadhan T ^a   Kimishi, Ioanna ^a   Bradshaw, Tracey D ^a   Storer, Lisa CD ^a   Korshunov, Andrey ^b   Pfister, Stefan M ^b   Grundy, Richard G ^a   Kerr, Ian D ^a   Coyle, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABCB1; Etoposide; Medulloblastoma; MGMT; Obatoclax; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

ABCB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ALKYLATING AGENT; BCL2-RELATED PROTEIN A1; DACARBAZINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MCL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MGMT PROTEIN, HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; OBATOCLAX; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MCL 1; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; APOPTOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHILD; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DACARBAZINE; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; P-GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PYRROLES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84918767508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-2-57     Document Type: Article

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