Metformin Triggers Autophagy to Attenuate Drug-Induced Apoptosis in NSCLC Cells, with Minor Effects on Tumors of Diabetic Patients
The biologic plausibility of an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and lung cancer has received increasing attention, but the results of investigations remain largely inconclusive. In the present study we investigated the influence of the anti-diabetic drug metformin on the cytotoxic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-05-01
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Series: | Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558617300489 |