Sensitization of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells to Gemcitabine by Chk1 Inhibition

Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) inhibition sensitizes pancreatic cancer cells and tumors to gemcitabine. We hypothesized that Chk1 inhibition would sensitize pancreatic cancer stem cells to gemcitabine. We tested this hypothesis by using two patient-derived xenograft models (designated J and F) and the...

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Main Authors: Venkatasubbaiah A. Venkatesha, Leslie A. Parsels, Joshua D. Parsels, Lili Zhao, Sonya D. Zabludoff, Diane M. Simeone, Jonathan Maybaum, Theodore S. Lawrence, Meredith A. Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-06-01
Series:Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558612801072