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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
The cytokine tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has shown promising anticancer activity in early clinical settings by selectively inducing apoptosis in different tumour types. However, some tumour entities such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) display an inherent resistance to TRAIL. A huge effort has been made to unravel strategies for a clinically applicable sensitisation of resistant cancer cells to TRAIL. Reversible epigenetic alterations such as DNA methylation play a major role in development, maintenance and resistance phenomena of tumour cells. Currently, several clinical trials are exploiting the potential of epigenetic drugs, such as 5-azacytidine (5-aza-CR) or 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-dC) to break primary or secondary resistance phenomena of cancer cells. Therefore, 5-aza-CR and 5-aza-dC were investigated in the context of TRAIL resistance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1468-3288
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-65
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Azacitidine, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating Protein, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:21106551-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Dual antitumour effect of 5-azacytidine by inducing a breakdown of resistance-mediating factors and epigenetic modulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University Hospital, Otfried-Mueller-Str. 10, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't