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Effect of a mutant form of IkappaB-alpha on 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis in transformed human salivary gland cells.
Oral oncology - 1 Feb 2001
Motegi K, Azuma M, Aota K, Yamashita T, Tamatani T, Harada K, Yoshida H, Sato M
Abstract excerpt
Increasing evidence indicates that transcription factor NF-kappaB may play a role in cell survival, and that some chemotherapeutic agents activate NF-kappaB, while inhibition of NF-kappaB renders cells sensitive to these drugs. 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) exerts its cytotoxic effect through the inducti...
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