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Delivery of Sonic Hedgehog Gene Repressed Irradiation-induced Cellular Senescence in Salivary Glands by Promoting DNA Repair and Reducing Oxidative Stress
1 Jan 2018
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Rationale: Irreversible hypofunction of salivary glands or xerostomia is common in head and neck cancer survivors treated with radiotherapy even when various new techniques are applied to minimize the irradiation (IR) damage.This condition severely impairs the quality of life of patients and can only be temporarily relieved with current treatments.We found recently that transient expression of Sonic Hedgehog...
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