Pharmacologic modulation of 5-fluorouracil by folinic acid and pyridoxine for treatment of patients with advanced breast carcinoma

Abstract High concentration pyridoxal 5’-phosphate, the cofactor of vitamin B6, potentiates cytotoxicity in cancer cells exposed to 5-fluorouracil (FUra) and folinic acid (FA). We studied the effect of high-dose pyridoxine on antitumor activity of regimens comprising FUra and FA in 27 advanced breas...

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Main Authors: David Machover, Emma Goldschmidt, Wathek Almohamad, Vincent Castagné, Julien Dairou, Christophe Desterke, Léa Gomez, Yann Gaston-Mathé, Claude Boucheix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12998-5