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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Raffaele Calogero
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-22445 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Baldi Alfonso A Piccolo Maria Teresa MT Boccellino Maria Rosaria MR Donizetti Aldo A Cardillo Irene I La Porta Raffaele R Quagliuolo Lucio L Spugnini Enrico P EP Cordero Francesca F Citro Gennaro G Menegozzo Massimo M Calogero Raffaele A RA Crispi Stefania S
PloS one 20110817 8
<h4>Background</h4>Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare, highly aggressive tumor, associated to asbestos exposure. To date no chemotherapy regimen for MM has proven to be definitively curative, and new therapies for MM treatment need to be developed. We have previously shown in vivo that piroxicam/cisplatin combined treatment in MM, specifically acts on cell cycle regulation triggering apoptosis, with survival increase.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We analyzed, at molecular level, the ...[more]