CD147/EMMPRIN and CD44 are potential therapeutic targets for metastatic prostate cancer.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteosarcoma is an aggressive bone tumor. Itrepresents the principal cause of cancer-associated death in children.Considering the recent findings on the role of iron in cancer, iron chelation has been investigated for its antineoplastic properties in many tumors. Deferasirox is the most used iron chelator co...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Argenziano M,Di Paola A,Tortora C,Di Pinto D,Pota E,Di Martino M,Perrotta S,Rossi F,Punzo F

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of the RON receptor tyrosine kinase contributes to breast cancer malignancy. Although clinical trials of RON targeting are underway, the intriguing issue is the diversity of RON expression as evident by cancer cells expressing different variants including oncogenic RON160. The current study determi...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Yao HP,Zhuang CM,Zhou YQ,Zeng JY,Zhang RW,Wang MH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) control the expression of approximately 60% of protein-coding genes and regulate cell metabolism, proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Notably, aberrant expression of miRNAs contributes to several diseases including cancer. Accumulating evidence indicates that miRNAs play important roles i...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Zheng N,Yang P,Wang Z,Zhou Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of genomic research enabled the genetic and molecular profiling of breast cancer and revealed the profound complexity and heterogeneity of this disease. Subtypes of breast cancer characterized by mutations and/or amplifications of some proto-oncogenes are associated with an increased rate of recurrence a...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Guerram M,Hamdi AM,Zhang LY,Jiang Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) belong to a novel class of drugs able to act on the epigenome, indirectly remodeling the spatial conformation of the chromatin: by increasing histone acetylation these drugs ultimately promote the detachment of the DNA from the nucleosome octamer, therefore allowing the access of...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Rodriguez-Menendez V,Tremolizzo L,Cavaletti G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various signal transduction pathways have been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which is characterized by the progressive accumulation of monoclonal CD5+ B cells in the blood. B cell receptor (BCR) signaling appears to have a crucial role in disease onset and is thought to be induc...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Muggen AF,Singh SP,Hendriks RW,Langerak AW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of extracellular matrix is crucial for malignant tumor growth, invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of zinc-dependent neutral endopeptidases collectively capable of degrading essentially all matrix components. Elevated levels of distinct MMPs can be detected ...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Vihinen P,Ala-aho R,Kähäri VM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As microtubules are essential in many cell functions, they have been used as a target of a variety of anticancer drugs that are grouped as stabilizing (taxanes) and destabilizing (vinca-alkaloids, colchicinoids) microtubule agents. It appears clearly now that the dynamic behaviour more than modifications of microtubul...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Beghin A,Galmarini CM,Dumontet C

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Jun oncoprotein is a major component of the transcription factor complex AP-1, which regulates the expression of multiple genes essential for cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Constitutive activation of endogenous AP-1 is required for tumor formation in avian and mammalian cell transformation syst...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Hartl M,Bader AG,Bister K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug delivery systems are under intense investigation all around the world, especially in oncology research. Indeed, in some cases, like bone metastasis, nanodrugs may represent the last and best choice for both treatment and imaging of early cancer foci. Nuclear medicine has been using MDP labelled with 99mTc as radi...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Coelho BF,de Souza Albernaz M,Iscaife A,Moreira Leite KR,de Souza Junqueira M,Bernardes ES,da Silva EO,Santos-Oliveira R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum-based chemotherapeutics are the mainstay of treatment of a range of tumors achieving high response rates but limited in the course of disease by appearance of drug resistance. Tumor cells respond with reduced uptake and increased intracellular inactivation of the drugs, as well as increased DNA repair and gen...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Hamilton G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination between the amplification of the fibroblast growth factor FGF19, overexpression of its corresponding receptor FGFR4, and hyperactivation of the downstream transmembrane enzyme β-klotho has been found to play pivotal roles in mediating tumor development and progression. Aberrant FGF19-FGFR4 signaling has b...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Lang L,Shull AY,Teng Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance of tumors to a number of structurally and functionally unrelated chemotherapeutic drugs has been a major obstacle for successful cancer chemotherapy. An important mechanism leading to multidrug resistance (MDR) is the overexpression of the 170 kDa P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which is a member of the ATP-bind...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Santos SA,Paulo A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic vaccines continue to be one of the most active fields in cancer research. However, despite clear evidence of antitumor effect in laboratory animals, and despite the ability of current vaccine candidates to elicit tumor specific antibodies and T-cells in humans, objective responses in the clinical trials ar...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Gonzalez G,Crombet T,Lage A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin system controls protein stability and function. F-box proteins form SCF (SKP1-Cullin1-F-box protein)-type ubiquitin (E3) ligases to selectively target their substrates for degradation via the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Here, we review F-box proteins associated with cancer development. S-phase kinase-a...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Kitagawa K,Kitagawa M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scaffold-based analogs of cinnamic acid benzyl amide (CABA) exhibit pleiotropic effects in cancer cells, and their exact molecular mechanism of action is under investigation. The present study is part of our systemic analysis of interactions of CABA analogs with their molecular targets. These compounds were shown to i...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Mielecki M,Milner-Krawczyk M,Grzelak K,Mielecki D,Krzysko KA,Lesyng B,Priebe W

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total expression profiles of two medulloblastoma cell lines resistant to the preactivated form of cyclophosphamide (4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide, 4-HC) were examined using the Affymetrix GeneChip U133A array. Our primary objective was to look for possible genes, other than the well-studied aldehyde dehydrogenases...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Bacolod MD,Lin SM,Johnson SP,Bullock NS,Colvin M,Bigner DD,Friedman HS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant gliomas are frequently chemoresistant and this resistance seems to depend on at least two mechanisms. First, the poor penetration of many anticancer drugs across the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB) and blood-tumor barrier (BTB), due to their interaction with several A...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Declèves X,Amiel A,Delattre JY,Scherrmann JM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive activation of the EGFR/RAS/PI3K cell-signaling pathway that may occur through molecular aberrations in core pathway components occurs in many solid tumours, including colorectal cancer(CRC), non-small-cell lung cancer(NSCLC) and breast cancer. Predictive biomarkers of response to therapeutics targeting th...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Barton S,Starling N,Swanton C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The solute carrier family 7 (SLC7) can be categorically divided into two subfamilies, the L-type amino acid transporters (LATs) including SLC7A5-13, and SLC7A15, and the cationic amino acid transporters (CATs) including SLC7A1-4 and SLC7A14. Members of the CAT family transport predominantly cationic amino ac...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Lu X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately one third of Diffuse Large B cell Lymphomas (DLBCL) are refractory or relapse. Novel therapeutic approaches under scrutiny include inhibitors of B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling. Protein kinase CK2 propels survival, proliferation and stress response in solid and hematologic malignancies and prom...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Mandato E,Nunes SC,Zaffino F,Casellato A,Macaccaro P,Tubi LQ,Visentin A,Trentin L,Semenzato G,Piazza F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a key factor in the carcinogenesis process. In oncological practice, angiogenesis inhibition, mainly through the blockade of the VEGF family and its receptors, has been robustly demonstrated to produce clinical benefits and, in specific disease subsets such as colorectal cancer, to extend the overall s...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Bagnasco L,Piras D,Parodi S,Bauer I,Zoppoli G,Patrone F,Ballestrero A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor (EGFR) and its receptor were discovered nearly 40 years ago. Over the past decade interruption of this pathway has been exploited in the treatment of various solid tumors. Antibodies that interfere with ligand binding to and dimerization of the EGFR (and small molecules that inhibit the EGF...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Astsaturov I,Cohen RB,Harari P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An apparent low prevalence of cancer in hypertensive patients receiving angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors is reported; however, the molecular mechanisms have not been elucidated. Angiotensin-II (Ang-II) is well known to be associated with hypertension, as a main peptide of the renin-angiotensin system, and its ...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Uemura H,Nakaigawa N,Ishiguro H,Kubota Y

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) system (uPAS) consists of the uPA, its cognate receptor (uPAR) and two specific inhibitors, the plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) and 2 (PAI-2). The uPA converts the proenzyme plasminogen in the serine protease plasmin, involved in a number of physiopathological proces...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Ulisse S,Baldini E,Sorrenti S,D'Armiento M

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an intracellular lysosomal/vacuolar degradation system, in which the inner cytoplasmic cell membrane is degraded by the lysosomal hydrolases, followed by the resulting products released back into the cytosol. It is involved in many physiological processes which are crucial for cell growth and survival. Ho...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Zhou X,Yue GG,Tsui SK,Pu J,Fung KP,Lau CB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cathepsin D (CATD), one of the aspartyl endoproteinase involved in different physiological processes and signaling pathways, is accountable for metabolic breakdown of intracellular proteins, the activation of growth factors, hormones, and precursors of enzyme, the processing of antigens, enzyme inhibitors an...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Dubey V,Luqman S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes are small vesicles that are secreted by various types of cells, known to mediate signal transduction between cells. During recent years, novel carriers for the delivery of targeted drugs, chemotherapy drugs and RNAs are under development, which is believed to be beneficial for patients. Considering issues of ...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Wang X,Zhang H,Yang H,Bai M,Ning T,Li S,Li J,Deng T,Ying G,Ba Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear Hormone Receptors (NR) represent one of the most promising protein families in terms of therapeutic applications. These transcription factors are naturally switched on and off by small molecule hormones presenting physico-chemical properties very similar to therapeutic chemical entities. NRs represent therefor...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Schapira M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anticancer properties of histone deacetylase inhibitors have been known for some time. However, it is only recently that the functional identities of the intracellular targets mediating the anticancer properties have started to be revealed. These targets appear to play significant roles in cell cycle control, apop...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Gabrielli BG,Johnstone RW,Saunders NA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00