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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
Hepatic metastasis of colon cancer is an important prognostic factor for survival. In this study, we examined the effect of gene therapy using the herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase (HS-tk) gene with short-course ganciclovir (GCV) treatment for multiple hepatic metastases of murine colon cancer. Colon26 cells transfected with the HS-tk gene were found to be sensitive to GCV in a concentration-dependent way. On the other hand, induction of the HS-tk gene in the cells had no influence on cell growth in vitro. However, multiple hepatic metastases of Colon26 cells transfected with HS-tk gene were significantly suppressed by the GCV treatment. These results thus suggest that HS-tk gene therapy is useful for the treatment of hepatic metastasis in colon cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0941-1291
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
40-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of gene therapy with the herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase gene on hepatic metastasis in murine colon cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro