Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

SOD3 improves the tumor response to chemotherapy by stabilizing endothelial HIF-2α

  • Emilia Mira,
  • Lorena Carmona-Rodríguez,
  • Beatriz Pérez-Villamil,
  • Josefina Casas,
  • María Jesús Fernández-Aceñero,
  • Diego Martínez-Rey,
  • Paula Martín-González,
  • Ignacio Heras-Murillo,
  • Mateo Paz-Cabezas,
  • Manuel Tardáguila,
  • Tim D. Oury,
  • Silvia Martín-Puig,
  • Rosa Ana Lacalle,
  • Gemma Fabriás,
  • Eduardo Díaz-Rubio,
  • Santos Mañes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03079-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Tumour vasculature influences drug delivery. Here, the authors show that SOD3 re-expression enhances doxorubicin delivery and effects through normalization of tumour vasculature via the HIF-2a/VE-cadherin pathway.