Abstract:Gemcitabine is an effective anti-cancer agent against sold tumors. The pharmacological mechanism of gemcitabine is known as incorporation into DNA and thereby inhibition of DNA synthesis. Here, we report that gemcitabine treatment not only induced growth arrest and apoptosis in HeLa cells, but also caused telomere shortening without affecting telomerase activity. We performed cycloheximide chase assay to confirm that the half-life of TRF2, a telomere regulator, was prolonged in a dose-pendent manner under the … Show more
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