A Glucose-Triptolide Conjugate Selectively Targets Cancer Cells under Hypoxia

Summary: A major hurdle in the treatment of cancer is chemoresistance induced under hypoxia that is characteristic of tumor microenvironment. Triptolide, a potent inhibitor of eukaryotic transcription, possesses potent antitumor activity. However, its clinical potential has been limited by toxicity...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Datan, Il Minn, Peng Xu, Qing-Li He, Hye-Hyun Ahn, Biao Yu, Martin G. Pomper, Jun O. Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220307288