Targeting Mcl-1 for Radiosensitization of Pancreatic Cancers

In order to identify targets whose inhibition may enhance the efficacy of chemoradiation in pancreatic cancer, we previously conducted an RNAi library screen of 8,800 genes. We identified Mcl-1 (myeloid cell leukemia-1), an anti-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, as a target for sensitizing panc...

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Main Authors: Dongping Wei, Qiang Zhang, Jason S. Schreiber, Leslie A. Parsels, Fardokht A. Abulwerdi, Tasneem Kausar, Theodore S. Lawrence, Yi Sun, Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, Meredith A. Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Translational Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1936523314001387