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2008, 'Initial testing of Cisplatin by the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 50, pp. 992 - 1000
,2008, 'Initial testing of dasatinib by the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program.', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 50, pp. 1198 - 1206
,2008, 'Initial testing of the VEGFR inhibitor AZD2171 by the pediatric preclinical testing program.', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 50, pp. 581 - 587
,2008, 'Insight into the selectivity of arsenic trioxide for acute promyelocytic leukemia cells by characterizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae deletion strains that are sensitive or resistant to the metalloid', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 40, pp. 1016 - 1029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2007.11.002
,2008, 'Molecular characterization of the pediatric preclinical testing panel', Clin Cancer Res, 14, pp. 4572 - 4583
,2008, 'Reduced immunogenicity of first-trimester human fetal pancreas.', Diabetes, 57, pp. 627 - 634, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/db07-0720a
,2008, 'siRNA targeting the IRF2 transcription factor inhibits leukaemic cell growth.', International Journal of Oncology, 33, pp. 175 - 183
,2008, 'Stage 1 Testing and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of the HSP90 Inhibitor Alvespimycin (17-DMAG, KOS-1022) by the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 51, pp. 34 - 41
,2007, 'Induction of vascular endothelial growth factor secretion in acute leukemia cells via the FLT-3 signaling pathway', MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS, 6, pp. 3344S - 3344S, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000251969000042&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2007, 'Initial testing of the histone deacetylase inhibitor Vorinostat by the Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program', MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS, 6, pp. 3600S - 3601S, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000251969000805&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2007, 'Pediatric preclinical testing program (PPTP) evaluation of the EGFR and ErbB2 inhibitor lapatinib', MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS, 6, pp. 3471S - 3471S, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000251969000417&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2007, 'Pediatric preclinical testing program (PPTP) evaluation of the fully human anti-IGF-1R antibody SCH 717454', MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS, 6, pp. 3405S - 3405S, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000251969000221&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2007, 'Pediatric preclinical testing program (PPTP) efficacy and pharmacodynamic evaluation of the Hsp90 inhibitor 17-DMAG', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25, pp. 3575 - 3575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.3575
,2007, 'Activity of vincristine, L-ASP and dexamethasone against acute lymphoblastic leukemia is enhanced by the BH3-mimetic ABT-737 in vitro and in vivo', Blood, 110, pp. 2057 - 2066
,2007, 'Credentialing preclinical pediatric xenograft models using gene expression and tissue microarray analysis', Cancer research, 67, pp. 32 - 40
,2007, 'Divergent mechanisms of glucocorticoid resistance in experimental models of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia', Cancer research, 67, pp. 4482 - 4490
,2007, 'In vivo models of childhood leukemia for preclinical drug testing', Current Drug Targets, 8, pp. 773 - 783
,2007, 'p53 determines multidrug sensitivity of childhood neuroblastoma.', Cancer research, 67, pp. 10351 - 10360
,2007, 'Preclinical chemotherapeutic tumor models of common childhood cancers: solid tumors, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and disseminated neuroblastoma', Curent Protocols in Pharmacology, pp. 14.8.1 - 18.4.20
,2007, 'The Paediatric Preclinical Testin Program: Description of models and early testing results.', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 49, pp. 928 - 940
,2007, 'Xenograft models for the preclinical evaluation of new therapies in acute leukemia', Leukemia and Lymphoma, 48, pp. 659 - 668
,2006, 'The Role of Hyaluronic Acid in Normal and Perturbed Hemopoietic Stem Cell Biology.', Blood, 108, pp. 708 - 708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v108.11.708.708
,2006, 'Pediatric preclinical testing program (PPTP) evaluation of the KSP inhibitor ispinesib (SB-715992)', EJC SUPPLEMENTS, 4, pp. 98 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6349(06)70318-4
,2006, 'Pediatric preclinical testing program (PPTP) evaluation of the Src-Abl inhibitor dasatinib (BMS-354825)', EJC SUPPLEMENTS, 4, pp. 101 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6349(06)70327-5
,2006, 'Pediatric preclinical testing program (PPTP) evaluation of the VEGFR-2 inhibitor AZD2171', EJC SUPPLEMENTS, 4, pp. 34 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1359-6349(06)70108-2
,2006, 'Effect of glucocorticoid on the expression of Puma in acute lymphoblastic leukemia', Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 8, pp. 151 - 154
,2006, 'An endothelial metronome breast cancer?', Blood, 108, pp. 407 - 408
,2006, 'Proteomic anlaysis reveals a novel role for the actin cytoskeleton in vincristine resistant childhood leukemia - an in vivo study', Proteomics, 6, pp. 1681 - 1694
,2006, 'RNA loading of leukemic antigens into cord blood-derived dendritic cells for immunotherapy', Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 12, pp. 855 - 867
,2006, 'Telomere-driven karyotypic complexity concurs with p16INK4a inactivation in TP53 competent immortal endothelial cells', Cancer research, 66, pp. 10691 - 10700
,2006, 'The Pediatric Preclinical Testing Program: description of models and early testing results', Pediatric Blood and Cancer
,2006, 'The role of IRF1 and IRF2 transcription factors in leukaemogenesis', Current Gene Therapy, 6, pp. 543 - 550
,2006, 'The role of IRF1 and IRF2 transcription factors in leukaemogenesis', Current Gene Therapy, 6, pp. 543 - 550
,2005, 'Dexamethasone resistance in B-cell precursor childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia occurs downstream of ligand-induced nuclear translocation of the glucocorticoid receptor', Blood, 105, pp. 2519 - 2526
,2005, 'FLT-3: a new focus in the understanding of acute leukemia', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 37, pp. 1168 - 1172
,2004, 'Characterization of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia xenograft models for the preclinical evaluation of new therapies', Blood, 103, pp. 3905 - 3914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2003-08-2911
,2004, 'Inactivation of p16INK4a, with retention of pRB and p53/p21cip1 function, in human M3C5 fibroblasts that overcome a telomere-independent crisis during immortalization', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279, pp. 43634 - 43635
,2004, 'Role of CD44 variant exon 6 in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Association with altered bone marrow localisation and inceased tumor burden.', Leukemia, 18, pp. 1308 - 1319
,2003, 'TCL1: A new drug target in lymphoid and ger-cell malignancies', International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 35, pp. 1614 - 1618
,2002, 'Testing of new agents in childhood cancer preclinical models(meeting summary)', Clinical Cancer Research, 8, pp. 3646 - 3657
,2002, 'The non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mouse model of Childhood acute lymphblastic leukemia reveals intrinsic differences in biological characteristics at diagnosis and relapse', Blood, 99, pp. 4100 - 4108
,2001, 'High Level resistance to Glucocorticoids, assosiated with a dysfunctional glucocorticoid receptor, in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells selected for methotrexate resistance', Leukemia, 15, pp. 929 - 935
,2001, 'MRP1 gene expression level regulates the death and differentation response of neuroblastoma cells', British Journal of Cancer, 85, pp. 1564 - 1571, http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2001.2144
,2001, 'The Potential Tumour Suppressor role for caspase-9 in the childhood malignancy, neoroblastoma', European Journal of Cancer, pp. 2217 - 2221
,2000, 'Bcl-2 inhibits a Fas-induced conformational change in the Bas N terminus and Bax mitchondrial translocation', The Journal of Biological Chemistry, pp. 17225 - 17228
,2000, 'Bcl-2 inhibits Bax translocation from cytosol to mitochondria during drug-induced apoptosis of human tumour cells', Cell death and differentiation, pp. 102 - 111
,1999, 'Carbamate analogues of amsacrine active against non-cycling cells: Relative activity against topoisomerases IIα and β', Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, 44, pp. 275 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002800050978
,1999, 'Bax membrane insertion during Fas (CD95)-induced apoptosis precedes cytochrome c release and is inhibited by Bcl-2', Oncogene, 18, pp. 5991 - 5999
,1999, 'Bcl-2 inhibits early apoptotic events and reveals post-mitotic multinucleation without affecting cell cycle arrest in human epithelial tumor cells exposed to etoposide', Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, pp. 1 - 11
,1999, 'Carbanate analogues of amsacrine active against non-cycling cells: relative activity against topoisomerases II and B', Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, pp. 275 - 282
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