International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 1 January 2007

Daoy medulloblastoma cells that express CD133 are radioresistant relative to CD133− cells, and the CD133+ sector is enlarged by hypoxia

  • Ed R. Blazek, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Ed R. Blazek, Ph.D., Radiation Oncology Department, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612. Tel: (312) 942-5222; Fax: (312) 942-6876
    • ,
  • Jennifer L. Foutch, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology Department, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Guitta Maki, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
    • Guitta Maki, M.D., is currently affiliated with the Laboratoire Universitaire Paris, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.

Received 25 August 2006 ,Revised 11 September 2006 ,Accepted 22 September 2006.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(06)03207-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.09.037

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , 1 January 2007

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