High Levels of Hyaluronic Acid Synthase-2 Mediate NRF2-Driven Chemoresistance in Breast Cancer Cells |
Choi, Bo-Hyun
(Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University)
Ryoo, Ingeun (Department of Pharmacology and Integrated Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea) Sim, Kyeong Hwa (Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Ahn, Hyeon-jin (Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Lee, Youn Ju (Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Daegu Catholic University) Kwak, Mi-Kyoung (Department of Pharmacology and Integrated Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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