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SUBMITTER: Ignacio RMC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6597445 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ignacio Rosa Mistica C RMC Lee Eun-Sook ES Son Deok-Soo DS
Immune network 20190617 3
Ovarian cancer (OC), the deadliest gynecological cancer, results in poor overall survival, urgently requiring a novel therapeutic approach. As cumulative exposures to endotoxins decreased OC risk epidemiologically, we evaluated if LPS, a Toll-like receptor 4 agonist known as active component of endotoxins, could increase survival in the murine peritoneal dissemination model of SKOV-3 OC cells. LPS significantly increased the mean survival time of more than 116 days compared with 63 days in the c ...[more]