RAD6 promotes chemoresistance in ovarian cancer.

Mol Cell Oncol

Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, 1660 Springhill Avenue, Mobile, Alabama, USA.

Published: December 2017

Mortality in ovarian cancer is predominantly due to acquired chemoresistance and tumor recurrence. UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME E2 or RAD6 expression increases in cell lines and patient tumors in response to platinum-based chemotherapy and promotes both activation of DNA damage response pathways and expression of stemness genes and a stem cell-like phenotype driving ovarian cancer chemoresistance.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5791863PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2017.1392403DOI Listing

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