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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Ahmed Ashour Ahmed
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-9455 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer cell 20071201 6
The extracellular matrix (ECM) can induce chemotherapy resistance via AKT-mediated inhibition of apoptosis. Here, we show that loss of the ECM protein TGFBI (transforming growth factor beta induced) is sufficient to induce specific resistance to paclitaxel and mitotic spindle abnormalities in ovarian cancer cells. Paclitaxel-resistant cells treated with recombinant TGFBI protein show integrin-dependent restoration of paclitaxel sensitivity via FAK- and Rho-dependent stabilization of microtubules ...[more]