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Rapid detection of an ABT-737-sensitive primed for death state in cells using microplate-based respirometry.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Clerc Pascaline, Carey Gregory B, Mehrabian Zara, Wei Michael, Hwang Hyehyun, Girnun Geoffrey D, Chen Hegang, Martin Stuart S, Polster Brian M
Abstract excerpt
Cells that exhibit an absolute dependence on the anti-apoptotic BCL-2 protein for survival are termed "primed for death" and are killed by the BCL-2 antagonist ABT-737. Many cancers exhibit a primed phenotype, including some that are resistant to conventional chemotherapy due to high BCL-2 expression. We show here that 1) stable BCL-2 overexpression alone can induce a primed for death state and 2) that an...
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