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Platelet-activating factor receptor (PAF-R)-dependent pathways control tumour growth and tumour response to chemotherapy.
BMC cancer - 13 May 2010
de Oliveira Soraya I, Andrade Luciana N S, Onuchic Ana C, Nonogaki Sueli, Fernandes Patrícia D, Pinheiro Mônica C, Rohde Ciro B S, Chammas Roger, Jancar Sonia
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BACKGROUND: Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by macrophages induces a suppressor phenotype. Previous data from our group suggested that this occurs via Platelet-activating factor receptor (PAF-R)-mediated pathways. In the present study, we investigated the impact of apoptotic cell inoculation or induction by a chemotherapeutic agent (dacarbazine, DTIC) on tumour growth, microenvironmental parameters and survival,...
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