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Combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: additive preclinical efficacy of the HDAC inhibitor panobinostat with sorafenib.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 2012
Lachenmayer Anja, Toffanin Sara, Cabellos Laia, Alsinet Clara, Hoshida Yujin, Villanueva Augusto, Minguez Beatriz, Tsai Hung-Wen, Ward Stephen C, Thung Swan, Friedman Scott L, Llovet Josep M
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a heterogeneous cancer in which sorafenib is the only approved systemic therapy. Histone deacetylases (HDAC) are commonly dysregulated in cancer and therefore represent promising targets for therapies, however their role in HCC pathogenesis is still unknown. We analyzed the expression of 11 HDACs in human HCCs and assessed the efficacy of the pan-HDAC inhibitor...
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