Description
Satraplatin is a platinum-based anticancer chemotherapeutic that is used in cisplatin-resistant cancers; like other platinum compounds, it forms DNA adducts and inhibits DNA repair. Satraplatin induces G2/M phase cell cycle arrest, inhibiting the proliferation of oral squamous cell carcinoma cells. Satraplatin also upregulates expression of p21 and cyclin B1 and increases caspase- and Fas-mediated apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells.
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