Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 859-870 , July 2007

In Vitro Effect of Focused Ultrasound or Thermal Stress on HSP70 Expression and Cell Viability in Three Tumor Cell Lines

  • Walter Hundt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lucas MRS Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, LMU Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: W.H.
    • ,
  • Caitlin E. O’Connell-Rodwell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology and Radiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Mark D. Bednarski, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lucas MRS Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
    • ,
  • Silke Steinbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
    • ,
  • Samira Guccione, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Lucas MRS Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

Received 5 December 2006 ,Accepted 13 April 2007.

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 Supported in part by the Lucas Foundation and the Phil Allen Trust.

PII: S1076-6332(07)00200-0

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.04.008

Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 859-870 , July 2007

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