Abstract:Nuclear factor-erythroid 2 (Nrf2) is the transcription factor regulating multiple antioxidant proteins and phase 2 detoxifying enzymes, and plays a crucial role in the cytoprotection against oxidative stress-associated damages. However, a potential role of Nrf2 in cancer biology has been emerged recently. In our mouse xenografts study, a stable knockdown of Nrf2 in cancer cells from the colon (HCT116 and HT29) and ovary (SKOV-3) strongly suppressed tumor growth. As an underlying mechanism, it was observed that… Show more
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