DAN ZHANG1, HAIJING LIU1, ZHENNAN YI2, YUANYUAN LU3, YANYAN CHEN4, WEIQIANG SU2, HUIBING LIN2, ZHIHUI ZHANG5,*, WEI LEI6,*
BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.3, pp. 617-625, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.012504
Abstract Chemotherapy drug resistance is the main cause leading to the relapse and metastasis of non-small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) patients. Our study aimed to investigate the mechanism of pemetrexed resistance in NSCLC. Firstly,
the pemetrexed (PEM)-resistant PC-9 and A549 lung adenocarcinoma cell lines (PC-9/PEM and A549/PEM) were
established. The expression of thymidylate synthase (TS) in PC-9/PEM, A549/PEM, A549, and PC-9 cells were
analyzed by qRT-PCR and western blot. Then, cell viability, colony formation, migration, and invasion were
performed on PEM-resistant cells transfected with TS siRNA. The role of EGFR in PEM resistance of PEM-resistant
cells was investigated using EGFR siRNA.… More >
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