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Tamoxifen induces cellular stress in the nervous system by inhibiting cholesterol synthesis.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 26 Nov 2015
Denk Franziska, Ramer Leanne M, Erskine Erin L K S, Nassar Mohammed A, Bogdanov Yury, Signore Massimo, Wood John N, McMahon Stephen B, Ramer Matt S
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BACKGROUND: Tamoxifen (TAM) is an important cancer therapeutic and an experimental tool for effecting genetic recombination using the inducible Cre-Lox technique. Despite its widespread use in the clinic and laboratory, we know little about its effects on the nervous system. This is of significant concern because TAM, via unknown mechanisms, induces cognitive impairment in humans. A hallmark of cellular stress is...
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