Ribavirin restores ESR1 gene expression and tamoxifen sensitivity in ESR1 negative breast cancer cell lines

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Tumor growth is estrogen independent in approximately one-third of all breast cancers, which makes these patients unresponsive to hormonal treatment. This unresponsiveness to hormonal treatment may be explained through the absence of the estrogen receptor alpha (...

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Main Authors: Sappok Anne, Mahlknecht Ulrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://www.clinicalepigeneticsjournal.com/content/3/1/8