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Platelet-derived Growth Factor Primes Cancer-associated Fibroblasts for Apoptosis
28 Jun 2014
Abstract excerpt
Desmoplastic malignancies such as cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) are characterized by a dense stroma containing an abundance of myofibroblasts termed cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF). The CAF phenotype represents an "activated state" in which cells are primed for cell death triggered by BH3 mimetics. Accordingly, this primed state may be therapeutically exploited. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying this poorly...
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