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The potential role of acid ceramidase in oral squamous cell carcinoma chemo-resistance by inducing autophagy

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  1. Ali Norouzi and Fatemeh Davodabadi contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Oral Medicine, Dental Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

    Ali Norouzi

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

    Fatemeh Davodabadi

  3. Department of Radiology, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran

    Seyed Mostafa Noorbakhsh Varnosfaderani

  4. Shiraz Neuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Hamidreza Zalpoor

  5. Network of Immunity in Infection, Malignancy and Autoimmunity (NIIMA), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran

    Hamidreza Zalpoor

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AN conceived the hypothesis. AN, FD, SMNV, and HZ wrote the manuscript. HZ edited the manuscript for important intellectual content and supervised the study. FD created the figure. FD and HZ revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final form of the article. AN and FD had equal contribution.

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Norouzi, A., Davodabadi, F., Noorbakhsh Varnosfaderani, S. et al. The potential role of acid ceramidase in oral squamous cell carcinoma chemo-resistance by inducing autophagy. Human Cell 36, 2273–2275 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13577-023-00960-0

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