Lipophilic Statins Deplete GPX4 to Promote Ferroptosis and Sensitize Cancer Cells to Immune Checkpoint Blockade.
Talty R, Brooks V, McGeary M, Milette S, Zheng S, Flem-Karlsen K, Daniels A, Deshmukh M, Park K, Caraccio W, Yan H, Echeandia-Francis C, McNamara M, Hong S, Kirwin D, Olino K, Johnson C, Bosenberg M, Micevic G, Roy S. Lipophilic Statins Deplete GPX4 to Promote Ferroptosis and Sensitize Cancer Cells to Immune Checkpoint Blockade. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2025, of1-of12. PMID: 41423587, PMCID: PMC12752129, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-25-0667.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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