Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 Silencing Restores Taxol Sensitivity in Drug Resistant Ovarian Cancer
Brouwer-Visser J, Lee J, McCullagh K, Cossio MJ, Wang Y, Huang GS. Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 Silencing Restores Taxol Sensitivity in Drug Resistant Ovarian Cancer. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e100165. PMID: 24932685, PMCID: PMC4059749, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100165.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicApoptosisBlotting, WesternCell CycleCell ProliferationCystadenocarcinoma, SerousDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor IInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIMiceMice, NudeOvarian NeoplasmsPaclitaxelPhosphorylationReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReceptor, IGF Type 1Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionTumor Cells, CulturedXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsDrug-resistant ovarian cancerResistant ovarian cancerInsulin-like growth factorIGF2 knockdownOvarian cancerPotential therapeutic targetDrug resistanceTherapeutic targetCell linesOvarian cancer xenograft modelDrug-sensitive cell linesOvarian cancer cohortTaxol sensitivityOvarian cancer cell linesCancer xenograft modelExtreme drug resistanceDose of TaxolDrug-resistant cellsCancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataNovel potential targetSensitive cell linesCancer cell linesShort hairpin RNAClinical indicatorsCancer cohort