Inhibition of non-homologous end joining repair impairs pancreatic cancer growth and enhances radiation response.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is amongst the deadliest of human cancers, due to its late diagnosis as well as its intense resistance to currently available therapeutics. To identify mechanisms as to why PDAC are refractory to DNA damaging cytoxic chemotherapy and radiation, we performed a...

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Main Authors: Ying-Hua Li, Xiaoxu Wang, Yunfeng Pan, Dong-Hyun Lee, Dipanjan Chowdhury, Alec C Kimmelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3377637?pdf=render