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An inducible pathway for degradation of FLIP protein sensitizes tumor cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Jun 2002
Kim Youngsoo, Suh Nanjoo, Sporn Michael, Reed John C
Abstract excerpt
TRAIL (Apo2 ligand) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family of cytokines that induces apoptosis. Because TRAIL preferentially kills tumor cells, sparing normal tissues, interest has emerged in applying this biological factor for cancer therapy in humans. However, not all tumors resp...
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