Enhancement of hypoxia-induced tumor cell death in vitro and radiation therapy in vivo by use of small interfering RNA targeted to hypoxia-inducible factor-1α

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 8139-8142

  Zhang, Xiuwu ^a   Kon, Takashi ^a   Wang, He ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Huang, Qian ^b   Rabbani, Zahid N ^a   Kirkpatrick, John P ^a   Vujaskovic, Zeljko ^a   Dewhirst, Mark W ^a   Li, Chuan Yuan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 8544229943     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-2301     Document Type: Article

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