Cancer Letters
Volume 229, Issue 1 , Pages 43-48 , 8 November 2005

TRAIL and docosahexaenoic acid cooperate to induce HT-29 colon cancer cell death

  • Alena Vaculová

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
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  • Jiřina Hofmanová

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Ladislav Anděra

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cell Signalling and Apoptosis, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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  • Alois Kozubík

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Cytokinetics, Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +420 541517182; fax: +420 541211293.

Received 6 November 2004 ,Revised 10 December 2004 ,Accepted 13 December 2004.

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PII: S0304-3835(04)00982-6

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.12.016

Cancer Letters
Volume 229, Issue 1 , Pages 43-48 , 8 November 2005

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