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- noun medicine A measure of the
sensitivity of atumour to the effects of ananticancer drug
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However, another study — one of many that could be cited — Effect of N-acetyl-cysteine on the hypoxic ventilatory response and erythropoietin production: linkage between plasma thiol redox state and O2 chemosensitivity, found that very modest doses of NAC, 200 mg three times daily, massively increased erythropoeitin production and increased the hypoxic ventilatory response.
An Undetectable Athletic Performance Enhancer? « Isegoria 2008
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The title of the poster presentation is, "Genistein restored chemosensitivity to oxaliplatin in gemcitabine resistant pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in orthotopic xenograft mouse model."
Medindia Health News 2010
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ROS as molecular mediator of the HIF-1α effect on chemosensitivity in AGS KD cells.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadine Rohwer et al. 2010
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NF-κB is an important mediator of HIF-1α's role in chemosensitivity
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadine Rohwer et al. 2010
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Here, we identify HIF-1α as a powerful determinant of chemosensitivity in gastric cancer cells under normoxic conditions.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadine Rohwer et al. 2010
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"Genistein restored chemosensitivity to oxaliplatin in gemcitabine resistant pancreatic cancer cells in vitro and in orthotopic xenograft mouse model."
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Knocking out XIAP with siRNA or antisense oligonucleotides restores chemosensitivity to a variety of malignant cell lines
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Venkata Ramesh Dasari et al. 2010
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Reduced chemosensitivity of solid cancer cells represents a pivotal obstacle in clinical oncology.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadine Rohwer et al. 2010
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Moolten FL (1986) Tumor chemosensitivity conferred by inserted herpes thymidine kinase genes: paradigm for a prospective cancer control strategy.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Donna N. Douglas et al. 2010
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Available data on the role of HIF-1α for the chemosensitivity of cancer cells under normoxic conditions are conflicting.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadine Rohwer et al. 2010
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