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The anti-diabetic drug metformin suppresses self-renewal and proliferation of trastuzumab-resistant tumor-initiating breast cancer stem cells.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2011
Vazquez-Martin Alejandro, Oliveras-Ferraros Cristina, Del Barco Sonia, Martin-Castillo Begoña, Menendez Javier A
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We here demonstrate that the anti-diabetic drug metformin interacts synergistically with the anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab (Tzb; Herceptin™) to eliminate stem/progenitor cell populations in HER2-gene-amplified breast carcinoma cells. When using the mammosphere culture technique, grade...
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