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Inhibition of phosphoinositide-3 kinase pathway down regulates ABCG2 function and sensitizes malignant pleural mesothelioma to chemotherapy.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Oct 2012
Fischer Bruno, Frei Claudia, Moura Ubiratan, Stahel Rolf, Felley-Bosco Emanuela
Abstract excerpt
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a relatively chemoresistant malignancy. Diverse biological targets are under investigation to develop new therapeutic options. One of these targets, namely the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, has been shown to be a regulator of the side population (SP) phenotype in different cancers. The SP phenotype is due to drug efflux abilities providing drug-resistant...
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