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Pooled shRNA Library Screening to Identify Factors that Modulate a Drug Resistance Phenotype.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 17 Jun 2022
Das Saswati, Stallon Illangeswaran Raveen Stephen, Ijee Smitha, Kumar Sanjay, Velayudhan Shaji Ramachandran, Balasubramanian Poonkuzhali
Abstract excerpt
Understanding clinically relevant driver mechanisms of acquired chemo-resistance is crucial for elucidating ways to circumvent resistance and improve survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A small fraction of leukemic cells that survive chemotherapy have a poised epigenetic state to tolerate chemotherapeutic insult. Further exposure to chemotherapy allows these drug persister cells to attain a...
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