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Identification of Tumor-Specific Paclitaxel (Taxol)-Responsive Regulatory Elements in the Interleukin-8 Promoter
1 Sept 1997
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Paclitaxel (Taxol) is a novel chemotherapeutic drug that is effective against breast and ovarian cancers. Although the primary target of paclitaxel is microtubules, its efficacy exceeds that of conventional microtubule-disrupting agents, suggesting that it may have additional cellular effects. Previously, we demonstrated that paclitaxel can induce interleukin-8 (IL-8) gene expression at the transcriptional level...
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