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Tumour hypoxia determines the potential of combining mTOR and autophagy inhibitors to treat mammary tumours
BACKGROUND: Hypoxia can activate autophagy, a self-digest adaptive process that maintains cell turnover. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors are used to treat cancer but also stimulate autophagy. METHODS: Human mammary cancer cells and derived xenografts were used to examine whether hypo...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24157830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.644 |