Valproic acid causes radiosensitivity of breast cancer cells via disrupting the DNA repair pathway
Author(s) -
Yue Luo,
Hui Wang,
Xipeng Zhao,
Chao Dong,
Fengmei Zhang,
Gang Guo,
Gongshe Guo,
Xiaowei Wang,
Simon N. Powell,
Zhihui Feng
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
toxicology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2045-4538
pISSN - 2045-452X
DOI - 10.1039/c5tx00476d
Subject(s) - valproic acid , histone deacetylase , radiosensitivity , dna repair , histone deacetylase inhibitor , histone , cancer research , medicine , breast cancer , pharmacology , dna damage , epilepsy , cancer , chemistry , dna , biochemistry , radiation therapy , psychiatry
Valproic acid (VPA) is one of the representative compounds of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) and is used widely for the clinical treatment of epilepsy and other convulsive diseases.
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