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Upregulation of Bcl-2 is involved in the mediation of chemotherapy resistance in human small cell lung cancer cell lines.
International journal of cancer - 10 Feb 2002
Sartorius Ute A, Krammer Peter H
Abstract excerpt
Chemotherapeutic drugs eliminate cancer cells by induction of apoptosis. Resistance to chemotherapy is partly due to a decreased apoptosis rate. Here we investigated resistance to anticancer drugs in 9 small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines. Apoptosis was induced by cisplatin, doxorubicin and etoposide and was found to be independent of caspase-8 expression. Since caspase-8 is essential for signal transduction...
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