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Adenovirus-mediated Bak gene transfer induces apoptosis in mesothelioma cell lines.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Jan 2001
Pataer A, Smythe W R, Yu R, Fang B, McDonnell T, Roth J A, Swisher S G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Conventional treatment for mesothelioma is largely ineffective. We therefore evaluated the novel approach of adenoviral gene transfer of the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family member Bak in mesothelioma cancer cell lines, which are sensitive and resistant to adenoviral p53. METHODS: Binary adenoviral Bak (Ad/GT-Bak and Ad/GV16) and LacZ (Ad/GT-LacZ and Ad/GV16) vectors were used for transduction of the...
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