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GSTO1 alone as well as in combination with other anti-cancer
agents as a promising strategy for cancer treatment.
This work was supported by the National Major Scientific
and Technological Special Project (2013ZX0950910) from the
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts to declare.
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Fig. 4 Both PL-1 treatment and GSTO1 knockdown synergize with PI3K/
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PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway inhibitors from screening hits that have syner-
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