Published in Hospital Business Week, April 29th, 2007
Study 1: Investigators publish new data in the report "Immediate early gene IEX-1 induces astrocytic differentiation of U87-MG human glioma cells. The immediate early response gene IEX-1 is involved in the regulation of apoptosis and cell growth. In order to increase the apoptotic sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs and gamma-ray, we attempted to establish U87-MG human glioma cell line expressing IEX-1," scientists in Gifu, Japan report.
"Unexpectedly, however, transfection of IEX-1 into U87-MG glioma cells resulted in morphological changes to astrocytic phenotype...
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