Targeting cell-impermeable prodrug activation to tumor microenvironment eradicates multiple drug-resistant neoplasms.

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Published in Cancer Res on January 15, 2006

Authors

Wenyuan Wu1, Yunping Luo, Chengzao Sun, Yuan Liu, Paul Kuo, Janos Varga, Rong Xiang, Ralph Reisfeld, Kim D Janda, Thomas S Edgington, Cheng Liu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

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