MLH1 deficiency enhances radiosensitization with 5-fluorodeoxyuridine by increasing DNA mismatches.

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The antitumor drug 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd) also sensitizes tumor cells to ionizing radiation in vitro and in vivo. Although radiosensitization with FdUrd requires dTTP depletion and S-phase arrest, the exact mechanism by which these events produce radiosensitization remains unknown. We hypothesized that the depletion of dTTP produces DNA mismatches that, if not repaired before irradiation, would result...

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