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Synthetic retinoids as inducers of apoptosis in ovarian carcinoma cell lines.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Jun 2004
Holmes William F, Soprano Dianne Robert, Soprano Kenneth J
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Apoptosis is also known as programmed cell death. Apoptosis plays an essential role in maintaining normal tissue and cell physiology in multicellular organisms. Clearance of aberrant or pre-cancerous cells occurs through the induction of apoptosis. It has been reported that many tumors and tumor cell lines have dysfunctional apoptosis signaling, causing these tumors to escape immune monitoring and internal...
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