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Control of Multidrug Resistance Gene <i>mdr1</i> and Cancer Resistance to Chemotherapy by the Longevity Gene <i>sirt1</i>
15 Nov 2005
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Irreversible growth arrest (also called senescence) has emerged recently as a tumor suppressor mechanism and a key determinant of cancer chemotherapy outcome. Previous work from our laboratory suggested that the cellular ability to undergo or to escape senescence dictates its fate to become drug-sensitive or drug-resistant, respectively. In the present study, we made the hypothesis that longevity genes, by virtue...
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