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Nrf2, the master redox switch: the Achilles' heel of ovarian cancer?
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Dec 2014
van der Wijst Monique G P, Brown Robert, Rots Marianne G
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological tumor type in the world due to late stage detection, and resistance to chemotherapy. Therefore, alternative additional therapies are required. The etiology of ovarian cancer remains largely unknown, but risk factors point toward an important role for oxidative stress. Both healthy and tumor cells can cope with oxidative stress by activating the transcription factor...
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