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Susceptibility loci involved in cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Mar 2008
Shukla Sunita J, Duan Shiwei, Badner Judith A, Wu Xiaolin, Dolan M Eileen
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OBJECTIVES: Cisplatin is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent; however, nephrotoxicity and neuropathy are obstacles for drug efficacy. Little is known about the genes or genetic variants contributing to the risk of developing these toxicities or chemotherapeutic response. Thus, we have applied a cell-based model to identify and characterize previously unknown genes that may be involved in cellular susceptibility...
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