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Pharmacogenomics
Pharmacogenomics encompasses several major areas including the identification an
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Protein Tyrosine Kinase and Phosphatase Expression Profiling in Human Cancers
Alterations of protein tyrosine kinase and tyrosine phosphatase are often associ
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Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Analysis to Associate Cancer Risk
Identification of hereditary factors that predispose to cancer allows targeted c
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Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Implications of P-Glycoprotein Modulation
Modulation of P-glycoprotein (Pgp)-mediated transport has significant pharmacoki
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CHK1 Kinase Activity Assay
Mammalian CHK1 is a Ser/Thr effector kinase that plays critical roles in the DNA
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Epidemiology of Brain Tumors
Gliomas account for more than 70% of all brain tumors, and of these, glioblastom
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TUNEL Assay as a Measure of Chemotherapy-Induced Apoptosis
Chemotherapy induces injury to tumor cells, which subsequently die by a number o
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Molecular Analysis of Genetic Instability Caused by Chronic Inflammation
Genetic instability is a hallmark of human cancers. It is the driving force for
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Inhibiting Proinflammatory NF-B Signaling Using Cell-Penetrating NEMO Binding Domain Peptides
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) is an inducible transcription factor that regulat
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Assessment of Gelatinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9 by Gelatin Zymography
The invasion and metastasis of tumor cells has been shown to require proteolytic
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Detection of t(2;5)(p23;q35)Translocation by Long-Range PCR of Genomic DNA
Many types of human leukemias and lymphomas are associated with specific chromos
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The Use of Matrigel to Facilitate the Establishment of Human Cancer Cell Lines as Xenografts
Matrigel is a solubilized tissue basement membrane matrix rich in extracellular
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The Contribution of Niche-Derived Factors to the Regulation of Cancer Cells
In normal adult tissues, paracrine signals that derive from the stem cell niche,
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Extraction of Nucleic Acid Templates
The following series of short technical descriptions covers the extraction of DN
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Coimmunoprecipitation Assay for the Detection of Kinase-Substrate Interactions
Coimmunoprecipitation is a powerful tool to study protein-protein interactions a