Article
The cancer growth suppressor gene mda-7 selectively induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth in nude mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Nov 1998
Su Z Z, Madireddi M T, Lin J J, Young C S, Kitada S, Reed J C, Goldstein N I, Fisher P B
Abstract excerpt
A differentiation induction subtraction hybridization strategy is being used to identify and clone genes involved in growth control and terminal differentiation in human cancer cells. This scheme identified melanoma differentiation associated gene-7 (mda-7), whose expression is up-regulated as a...
Topics
- Adenoviridae
- Animals
- Apoptosis
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cell Division
- Female
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genes, p53
- Genetic Vectors
- Genotype
- Growth Substances
- Humans
- Interleukins
- Mice
- Mice, Nude