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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α expression and gemcitabine chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer.
Oncology reports - 1 Dec 2011
Kasuya Kazuhiko, Tsuchida Akihiko, Nagakawa Yuichi, Suzuki Minako, Abe Yuta, Itoi Takao, Serizawa Hiromi, Nagao Toshitaka, Shimazu Motohide, Aoki Tatsuya
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The normal pancreas has an abundant blood flow, in contrast to pancreatic cancer, which is a hypovascular tumor. During hypoxia under a hypovascular environment, the transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is activated. High HIF-1α expression reduces sensitivity to gemcitabine (...
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