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Triggering necroptosis in cisplatin and IAP antagonist-resistant ovarian carcinoma.
Cell death & disease - 30 Oct 2014
McCabe K E, Bacos K, Lu D, Delaney J R, Axelrod J, Potter M D, Vamos M, Wong V, Cosford N D P, Xiang R, Stupack D G
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian cancer patients are typically treated with carboplatin and paclitaxel, but suffer a high rate of relapse with recalcitrant disease. This challenge has fostered the development of novel approaches to treatment, including antagonists of the 'inhibitor of apoptosis proteins' (IAPs), also called SMAC mimetics, as apoptosis-inducing agents whose action is opposed by caspase inhibitors. Surprisingly, IAP...
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