Surface TRAIL decoy receptor-4 expression is correlated with TRAIL resistance in MCF7 breast cancer cells

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) selectively induces apoptosis in cancer cells but not in normal cells. Despite this promising feature, TRAIL resistance observed in cancer cells seriously challeng...

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Main Authors: Aydin Cigdem, Dirice Ercument, Sanlioglu Ahter D, Erin Nuray, Koksoy Sadi, Sanlioglu Salih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/5/54