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Cisplatin selects short forms of the mitochondrial DNA OriB variant (16184-16193 poly-cytosine tract), which confer resistance to cisplatin.
Scientific reports - 10 Apr 2017
Amo Taku, Kamimura Naomi, Asano Hiromasa, Asoh Sadamitsu, Ohta Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
A number of alternations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been reported in different types of cancers, and the role of mtDNA in cancer has been attracting increasing interest. In order to investigate the relationship between mtDNA alternations and chemosensitivity, we constructed cybrid (trans-mitochondrial hybrid) cell lines carrying a HeLa nucleus and the mtDNA of healthy individuals because of the presence of...
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