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Paclitaxel Induces Primary and Postmitotic G1 Arrest in Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
21 Aug 2004
Abstract excerpt
Paclitaxel (PTX), a microtubule-active drug, causes mitotic arrest leading to apoptosis in certain tumor cell lines. Here we investigated the effects of PTX on human arterial smooth muscle cell (SMC) cells. In SMC, PTX caused both (a) primary arrest in G(1) and (b) post-mitotic arrest in G(1). Post-mitotic cells were multinucleated (MN) with either 2C (near-diploid) or 4C (tetraploid) DNA content. At PTX...
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