A high-content screen identifies the vulnerability of MYC-overexpressing cells to dimethylfasudil.

A synthetic lethal effect arises when a cancer-associated change introduces a unique vulnerability to cancer cells that makes them unusually susceptible to a drug's inhibitory activity. The synthetic lethal approach is attractive because it enables targeting of cancers harboring specific genomi...

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Main Authors: Jing Zhang, Shenqiu Zhang, Qiong Shi, Thaddeus D Allen, Fengming You, Dun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248355