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Development of cetuximab-resistant human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell lines and mechanisms of drug resistance.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Oct 2010
Zuo Qiang, Shi Min, Li Libo, Chen Jinzhang, Luo Rongcheng
Abstract excerpt
This work aimed to explore the induction of cetuximab-resistant human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (hNPC) 5-8F/Erbitux cells and the mechanisms of drug resistance. The 5-8F cells with high EGFR expression and cetuximab sensitivity were screened and then induced by stepwise exposure to increasing doses of cetuximab. Western blot was conducted to detect protein levels. Our results are as follows: we successfully...
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