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SUBMITTER: Yang YL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553079 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Yang Yan-li YL Ji Chao C Bi Zhi-gang ZG Lu Chun-cheng CC Wang Rong R Gu Bing B Cheng Lei L
PloS one 20130123 1
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) represents more than 5% of all cancers diagnosed annually in United States and around the world. Despite advances in the management of patients with this disease, the survival has not been significantly improved, and the search for potential alternative therapies is encouraging. Here we demonstrate that deguelin administration causes a significant HNSCC cell death. Deguelin induces both cell apoptosis and autophagy by modulating multiple signaling pa ...[more]