Adenylate kinase 3 sensitizes cells to cigarette smoke condensate vapor induced cisplatin resistance.

BACKGROUND: The major established etiologic risk factor for bladder cancer is cigarette smoking and one of the major antineoplastic agents used for the treatment of advanced bladder cancer is cisplatin. A number of reports have suggested that cancer patients who smoke while receiving treatment have...

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Main Authors: Xiaofei Chang, Rajani Ravi, Vui Pham, Atul Bedi, Aditi Chatterjee, David Sidransky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3115955?pdf=render