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Aberration of the enzymatic activity of Fhit tumor suppressor protein enhances cancer cell death upon photodynamic therapy similarly to that driven by wild-type Fhit.
Cancer letters - 18 Jul 2009
Ferens Bartosz, Kawiak Anna, Banecki Bogdan, Bielawski Krzysztof P, Zawacka-Pankau Joanna
Abstract excerpt
The tumor suppressor Fhit protein lost in many human pre-malignant tissues, possesses diadenosine triphosphate activity regulated by a photosensitizer, protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in vitro. Interestingly, when exogenously restored, the protein suppresses the growth of human cervical carcinoma HeLa c...
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