Article
Effect of the anti-neoplastic drug doxorubicin on XPD-mutated DNA repair-deficient human cells.
DNA repair - 2 Jan 2010
Saffi Jenifer, Agnoletto Mateus H, Guecheva Temenouga N, Batista Luís F Z, Carvalho Helotonio, Henriques João A P, Stary Anne, Menck Carlos F M, Sarasin Alain
Abstract excerpt
Doxorubicin (DOX), a member of the anthracycline group, is a widely used drug in cancer therapy. The mechanisms of DOX action include topoisomerase II-poisoning, free radical release, DNA adducts and interstrand cross-link (ICL) formation. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is involved in the remov...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
