Phenformin alone or combined with gefitinib inhibits bladder cancer via AMPK and EGFR pathways
Abstract Background In previous studies, we have shown that the combination of metformin and gefitinib inhibits the growth of bladder cancer cells. Here we examined whether the metformin analogue phenformin, either used alone or in combination with gefitinib, could inhibit growth of bladder cancer c...
Main Authors: | Yanjun Huang, Sichun Zhou, Caimei He, Jun Deng, Ting Tao, Qiongli Su, Kwame Oteng Darko, Mei Peng, Xiaoping Yang |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-07-01
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Series: | Cancer Communications |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40880-018-0319-7 |
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