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Hypoxic enlarged mitochondria protect cancer cells from apoptotic stimuli.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Mar 2010
Chiche Johanna, Rouleau Matthieu, Gounon Pierre, Brahimi-Horn M Christiane, Pouysségur Jacques, Mazure Nathalie M
Abstract excerpt
It is well established that cells exposed to the limiting oxygen microenvironment (hypoxia) of tumors acquire resistance to chemotherapy, through mechanisms not fully understood. We noted that a large number of cell lines showed protection from apoptotic stimuli, staurosporine, or etoposide, when exposed to long-term hypoxia (72 h). In addition, these cells had unusual enlarged mitochondria that were induced in a...
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