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The Impact of Thymidylate Synthase and Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Genotypes on Sensitivity to 5-Fluorouracil Treatment in Colorectal Cancer Cells.
Acta medica Iranica - 1 Dec 2017
Naghibalhossaini Fakhraddin, Shefaghat Marzieh, Mansouri Amirata, Jaberi Hajar, Tatar Mohsen, Eftekhar Ebrahim
Abstract excerpt
5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is one of the major components of many standard regimens for chemotherapy of colorectal cancer (CRC) and some other malignancies. Given the known relationship between thymidylate synthase (TS) and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) activity and 5-FU metabolism, this study investigated the impact of selected functional polymorphisms of the TS and MTHFR genes on chemotherapy...
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