Description
BleomycinA5isananticancerchemotherapeuticthatbindsDNAandinducesDNAcleavageandstrandbreaks;itishighlytoxic.Bleomycinisclinicallyusedtotreatlymphomas,squamouscellcarcinomas,andtesticularcancer.Additionally,thiscompoundinducesapoptosis,alterscellcycleregulation,inhibitsproliferation,anddecreasestumorsizeincellularandanimalmodelsofhemangioma.Bleomycinmayalsoinhibitthioredoxinreductase.
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