Long-term Smoking Mediated Down-regulation of Smad3 Induces Resistance to Carboplatin in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

While numerous cell signaling pathways are known to play decisive roles in chemotherapeutic response, relatively little is known about the impact of the Smad-dependent transforming growth factor β pathway on the therapeutic outcome. Previous reports suggested that patients with lung cancer who conti...

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Main Authors: Debangshu Samanta, Jacob Kaufman, David P. Carbone, Pran K. Datta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-07-01
Series:Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1476558612800984