Article
Use of a MCL-1 inhibitor alone to de-bulk melanoma and in combination to kill melanoma initiating cells.
Oncotarget - 18 Jul 2017
Mukherjee Nabanita, Lu Yan, Almeida Adam, Lambert Karoline, Shiau Chung-Wai, Su Jung-Chen, Luo Yuchun, Fujita Mayumi, Robinson William A, Robinson Steven E, Norris David A, Shellman Yiqun G
Abstract excerpt
MCL-1 (BCL-2 family anti-apoptotic protein) is responsible for melanoma's resistance to therapy. Cancer initiating cells also contribute to resistance and relapse from treatments. Here we examined the effects of the MCL-1 inhibitor SC-2001 in killing non melanoma-initiating-cells (bulk of melanoma), and melanoma-initiating-cells (MICs). By itself, SC-2001 significantly kills melanoma cells under monolayer...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
