Mitochondrial Cholesterol Makes Response To Chemotherapy Difficult In Hepatic Cancer

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 20:21 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have demonstrated that the increase of cholesterol concentration in the mitochondrial membrane makes the action of chemotherapy difficult in cellular hepatocarcinoma. According to these results, drugs such as statins could sensitize cancer cells against chemotherapy since they diminish the level of mitochondrial cholesterol.

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