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Role of Nrf2 in cancer photodynamic therapy: regulation of human ABC transporter ABCG2.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences - 1 Sept 2013
Ishikawa Toshihisa, Kajimoto Yoshinaga, Sun Wei, Nakagawa Hiroshi, Inoue Yutaka, Ikegami Yoji, Miyatake Shin-Ichi, Kuroiwa Toshihiko
Abstract excerpt
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a recently developed anticancer treatment that utilizes the generation of singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen species in cancer tissue. In response to oxidative stress, NF-E2-related transcription factor (Nrf2) encoded by the NFE2L2 gene plays a key role in transcriptional upregulation of many target genes, including those for metabolizing enzymes and transporters essential for...
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