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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Amar Majmundar
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16622 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090812 34
Approximately 50% of cancer patients receive radiation treatment, either alone or in combination with other therapies. Tumor hypoxia has long been associated with resistance to radiation therapy. Moreover, the expression of hypoxia inducible factors HIF1alpha and/or HIF2alpha correlates with poor prognosis in many tumors. Recent evidence indicates that HIF1alpha expression can enhance radiation-induced apoptosis in cancer cells. We demonstrate here that HIF2alpha inhibition promotes tumor cell d ...[more]