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STAT3 blockade enhances the efficacy of conventional chemotherapeutic agents by eradicating head neck stemloid cancer cell.
Oncotarget - 8 Dec 2015
Bu Lin-Lin, Zhao Zhi-Li, Liu Jian-Feng, Ma Si-Rui, Huang Cong-Fa, Liu Bing, Zhang Wen-Feng, Sun Zhi-Jun
Abstract excerpt
Signaling transducer and activator 3 (STAT3) and cancer stem cells (CSCs) have garnered huge attention as a therapeutic focus, based on evidence that they may represent an etiologic root of tumor initiation and radio-chemoresistance. Here, we investigated the high phosphorylation status of STAT3 (p-STAT3) and its correlation with self-renewal markers in head neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Over-expression...
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