title: Heterogeneous effects of interferon on antitumor agents' cytotoxicities to human colon carcinoma cell lines.
abstract: Six established human colon carcinoma cell lines that segregated into three groups with different degrees of differentiation were treated using three subclasses of interferons as single agents and in combination with either 5-fluorouracil, cis-platinum, or adriamycin. The cytotoxicities of the combination treatments were heterogeneous and did not relate to the cell's levels of differentiation. Our data suggest that the optimal combinations of interferons and chemotherapeutic agents are independent of the differentiation state of the colon cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Trujillo
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gercovich
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007370:Interferon Type I; D000077190:Interferon alpha-2; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004317:Doxorubicin; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D002945:Cisplatin; D005472:Fluorouracil