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Anoikis disruption of focal adhesion-Akt signaling impairs renal cell carcinoma.
European urology - 1 May 2011
Sakamoto Shinichi, Schwarze Steven, Kyprianou Natasha
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Quinazoline-based α1-adrenoceptor antagonists suppress tumor growth by inducing apoptosis via an α1-adrenoceptor-independent action. Anoikis is a unique mode of apoptosis consequential to insufficient cell-matrix interactions. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the apoptotic effect of novel quinazoline-based compounds on human renal cancer cells. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Two cell lines were...
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