The chemotherapeutic drug 5-fluorouracil promotes PKR-mediated apoptosis in a p53-independent manner in colon and breast cancer cells.

The chemotherapeutic drug 5-fluorouracil promotes PKR-mediated apoptosis in a p53-independent manner in colon and breast cancer cells.

The chemotherapeutic drug 5-FU is widely used in the treatment of a range of cancers, but resistance to the drug remains a major clinical problem. Since defects in the mediators of apoptosis may account for chemo-resistance, the identification of new targets involved in 5-FU-induced apoptosis is of...

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Main Authors: María Angel García, Esther Carrasco, Margarita Aguilera, Pablo Alvarez, Carmen Rivas, Joaquin María Campos, Jose Carlos Prados, Miguel Angel Calleja, Mariano Esteban, Juan Antonio Marchal, Antonia Aránega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3161074?pdf=render

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