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Enhanced oxaliplatin-induced apoptosis following antisense Bcl-xl down-regulation is p53 and Bax dependent: Genetic evidence for specificity of the antisense effect.
Molecular cancer therapeutics - 1 Feb 2004
Hayward Richard L, Macpherson Janet S, Cummings Jeff, Monia Brett P, Smyth John F, Jodrell Duncan I
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INTRODUCTION: Oxaliplatin, licensed for colorectal cancer chemotherapy, damages DNA by generating intrastrand and interstrand cross-links and can induce apoptosis via a Bax-dependent pathway. Bcl-xl, an antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family member, regulates apoptosis and chemoresistance in several cancer models. Bcl-xl expression correlates with invasiveness in primary colorectal cancer. Bcl-xl may therefore represent a...
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