The anti-tumor effect of Apo2L/TRAIL on patient pancreatic adenocarcinomas grown as xenografts in SCID mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Apo2L/TRAIL has considerable promise for cancer therapy based on the fact that this member of the tumor necrosis factor family induces apoptosis in the majority of malignant cells, while normal cells are more resistant. Furthermore,...

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Main Authors: Oktay Dilek, Gibbs John F, Penetrante Remedios B, Pitoniak Rose, Hylander Bonnie L, Cheng Jinrong, Repasky Elizabeth A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-05-01
Series:Journal of Translational Medicine
Online Access:http://www.translational-medicine.com/content/3/1/22