## Abstract Although cytotoxic immunosuppressive agents play an unquestionably useful role in treating many neoplastic and nonβneoplastic disorders, there is accumulating evidence that the toxicity associated with their use is considerable. The therapeutic successes obtained with antitumor agents h
Evidence of a common site of action for the antitumor agents, hydroxyurea and guanazole
β Scribed by J. A. Wright; W. H. Lewis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9541
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Hydroxyurea and guanazole were used as selective agents in tissue culture to obtain independent Chinese hamster ovary cell lines resistant to the cytotoxic effects of hydroxyurea or guanazole. In all cases tested a cell line selected for resistance to one of the antitumor agents exhibited resistance to both drugs. This result supports the view that these two drugs act at a common site.
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