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Curcumin Affects Components of the Chromosomal Passenger Complex and Induces Mitotic Catastrophe in Apoptosis-Resistant Bcr-Abl-Expressing Cells
1 Jul 2006
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The Bcr-Abl oncoprotein plays a major role in the development and progression of chronic myeloid leukemia and is a determinant of chemotherapy resistance occurring during the blast crisis phase of the disease. The aim of this article was to investigate the possibility of combating the resistance to apoptosis caused by Bcr-Abl by inducing an alternative cell death process. As a model of chronic myeloid leukemia,...
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