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SUBMITTER: Tsunekuni K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5581089 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsunekuni Kenta K Konno Masamitsu M Asai Ayumu A Koseki Jun J Kobunai Takashi T Takechi Teiji T Doki Yuichiro Y Mori Masaki M Ishii Hideshi H
Oncotarget 20170523 32
Trifluridine (FTD) is a key component of the novel oral antitumor drug trifluridine/tipiracil, which is approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer refractory to standard chemotherapies. A microRNA analysis of three colorectal cell lines was conducted to investigate causes of FTD resistance. Drug resistant sublines of DLD-1, HCT-116, and RKO cells were developed by continuous administration of increasing doses of FTD for 5 months. The let-7d-5p gene, which maps to ch ...[more]