Kenpaullone Protects Cochlear Hair Cells from Cisplatin (IMAGE)

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Kenpaullone Protects Cochlear Hair Cells from Cisplatin

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Compared with a normal mouse cochlea (top), cisplatin exposure reduces the number of outer hair cells (middle). But the loss of these cells is prevented by treatment with the CDK2 inhibitor kenpaullone (bottom).

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Teitz et al., 2018

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