Leukemia Research and Treatment
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 516460, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/516460
Research Article
Metformin Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Drug-Resistant Leukemia Cells
Department of Cell Biology and Histology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, 48940 Bizkaia, Spain
Received 17 April 2015; Revised 18 June 2015; Accepted 20 September 2015
Academic Editor: Monique den Boer
Copyright © 2015 A. Rodríguez-Lirio et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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