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Genetic alteration of Keap1 confers constitutive Nrf2 activation and resistance to chemotherapy in gallbladder cancer.
Gastroenterology - 1 Oct 2008
Shibata Tatsuhiro, Kokubu Akiko, Gotoh Masahiro, Ojima Hidenori, Ohta Tsutomu, Yamamoto Masayuki, Hirohashi Setsuo
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a highly malignant tumor, and identification of effective therapeutic targets to improve prognosis is urgently required. Oncogenic activation of survival genes is important for cancer cells to overcome oxidative stresses induced by their microenvironments that include chronic inflammation or exposure to anticancer drugs. We attempted to examine whether deregulation...
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