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ArticleToxicology research2016

Low-dose chemotherapeutic drugs induce reactive oxygen species and initiate apoptosis-mediated genomic instability.

Renganathan Arun, Sridaran Dhivya, Suresh K Abraham, Kumpati Premkumar

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Article in Toxicology research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Renganathan ArunCancer Genetics and Nanomedicine Laboratory , Department of Biomedical Science , School of Basic Medical Sciences , Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli 620024 , Tamilnadu , India . Email: pkumpati@hotmail.com ; ; Tel: +91-8056589893.
Sridaran DhivyaCancer Genetics and Nanomedicine Laboratory , Department of Biomedical Science , School of Basic Medical Sciences , Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli 620024 , Tamilnadu , India . Email: pkumpati@hotmail.com ; ; Tel: +91-8056589893.
Suresh K AbrahamSchool of Life Sciences , Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi 110067 , India.
Kumpati PremkumarCancer Genetics and Nanomedicine Laboratory , Department of Biomedical Science , School of Basic Medical Sciences , Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli 620024 , Tamilnadu , India . Email: pkumpati@hotmail.com ; ; Tel: +91-8056589893.
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli · INCancer Genetics (United States) · USJawaharlal Nehru University · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prolonged cancer cell survival, acquiring drug resistance, and secondary cancer development despite chemotherapy are the major challenges during cancer treatment, whose underlying mechanism still remains elusive. In this study, low-doses of chemotherapeutic drugs (LDCD) - doxorubicin (DOX), etoposide (ETOP), and busulfan (BUS) were used to ascertain the effect of residual concentrations of drugs on breast cancer cells. Our results showed that exposure to LDCD caused significant induction of ROS, early signs of apoptosis and accumulation of cells in S and G

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PMCPMC6062221
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