Changes in the status of p53 affect drug sensitivity to thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitors by altering TS levels
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Characterization of a thymidylate synthase (TS)-inducible cell line: a model system for studying sensitivity to TS- and non-TS-targeted chemotherapies.
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is responsible for the de novo synthesis of thymidylate, which is required for DNA synthesis and repair and which is an important target for fluoropyrimidines such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), and antifolates such as Tomudex (TDX), ZD9331, and multitargeted antifolate (MTA). To study the importance of TS expression in determining resistance to these agents, we have develo...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603639