Non-specific chemical inhibition of the Fanconi anemia pathway sensitizes cancer cells to cisplatin

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Platinum compounds such as cisplatin and carboplatin are DNA crosslinking agents widely used for cancer chemotherapy. However, the effectiveness of platinum compounds is often tempered by the acquisition of cellular drug resistance....

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Main Authors: Jacquemont Céline, Simon Julian A, D'Andrea Alan D, Taniguchi Toshiyasu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:Molecular Cancer
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Online Access:http://www.molecular-cancer.com/content/11/1/26