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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Kathrine Redalen
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3870 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Risberg Karianne K Redalen Kathrine Røe KR Sønstevold Linda L Bjørnetrø Tonje T Sølvernes Janne J Ree Anne Hansen AH
BMC cancer 20160726
<h4>Background</h4>The use of targeted agents to impel dual inhibition of anti-apoptotic mechanisms and mTOR-mediated pro-survival signaling in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) cell lines with KRAS or BRAF mutation has been shown to induce apoptosis, a timely result given CRC entities harboring such mutations are in need of new therapies. Since CRC comprises heterogeneous tumors with predominant hypoxic components, we investigated effects of an inhibitor of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins (ABT-73 ...[more]