Brittany A Simone, Ajay Palagani, Kimberly Strickland, Kevin Ko, Lianjin Jin, Meng Kieng Lim, Tu D Dan, Mak Sarich, Daniel A Monti, Massimo Cristofanilli, Nicole L Simone
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a heterogeneous disease that has no available targeted therapies. Previously, we have shown that caloric restriction (CR) can augment the effects of radiation therapy in a TNBC mouse model. To build upon this, we now present data regarding the combination of chemotherapy and CR in the same 4T1 model. Chemotherapy can induce inflammation that breeds resistance to therapy. We propose CR as a mechanism to decrease chemotherapy-induced inflammation and increase efficacy of therapy...
2018: Cell Cycle