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SUBMITTER: Gokyildirim MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6034744 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gökyildirim Mira Y MY Grandel Ulrich U Hattar Katja K Dahlem Gabriele G Schuetz Elena E Leinberger Florian H FH Eberle Fabian F Sibelius Ulf U Grimminger Friedrich F Seeger Werner W Engenhart-Cabillic Rita R Dikomey Ekkehard E Subtil Florentine S B FSB
Oncotarget 20180622 48
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has a very poor prognosis even when treated with the best therapies available today often including radiation. NSCLC is frequently complicated by pulmonary infections which appear to impair prognosis as well as therapy, whereby the underlying mechanisms are still not known. It was investigated here, whether the bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) might alter the tumor cell radiosensitivity. LPS were found to induce a radioresistance but solely in cells with an ...[more]