Guardian proteins protect tumors

Scientists at Israel’s Ben Gurion University have identified two guardian proteins that allow cancer cells to stay alive after chemotherapy. DNAJB12 and DNAJB14 sit on the wall of a cell’s protein factory – the endoplasmic reticulum. Chemotherapy releases them, to attack anti-cancer enzymes.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-cells-survive-chemo-israeli-researchers-find-guardian-proteins-protect-tumors/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221323172600323X?via%3Dihub

 

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