Synergetic Impact of Combined 5-Fluorouracil and Rutin on Apoptosis in PC3 Cancer Cells through the Modulation of P53 Gene Expression

Atefeh Satari ¹ , Sayed Asadollah Amini ² , Elham Raeisi ³ , Yves Lemoigne ⁴ , Esfandiar Heidarian ¹ *

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