Anti-angiogenic approaches to malignant gliomas.

abstract：:Head and neck cancer, the sixth most common type of cancer worldwide, is associated with a dismal prognosis that has minimally improved during the last few decades. Future advances in the treatment and prognosis of this fatal disease largely rely upon a better understanding of the molecular events that underlie tumor ...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Nikitakis NG,Siavash H,Sauk JJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the older and most validated cancer treatments is endocrine therapy. Some tumors are dependent on hormone stimulation for growth, and therefore therapeutic interventions aiming to deprive the cells of the hormone are feasible and have been successful. Tumor growth also depends in some cases on growth factors, s...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： González G,Lage A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma (PRAME) is the best characterized member of the PRAME family of leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins. Mammalian genomes contain multiple members of the PRAME family whereas in other vertebrate genomes only one PRAME-like LRR protein was identified. PRAME is a cancer/testis an...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Hermes N,Kewitz S,Staege MS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyisoprenylated proteins (PPs) methylation by polyisoprenylated protein methyl transferase (PPMTase) is counteracted by polyisoprenylated methylated protein methyl esterase (PMPMEase). This is the only reversible step of the polyisoprenylation pathway as the relative amounts of the acid and ester forms are determine...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Duverna R,Ablordeppey SY,Lamango NS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane ion channels participate in cancerous processes such as proliferation, migration and invasion, which contribute to metastasis. Increasing evidence indicates that voltage-dependent K(+) (Kv) channels are involved in the proliferation of many types of cells, including tumor cells. Kv channels have generated imm...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Bielanska J,Hernández-Losa J,Pérez-Verdaguer M,Moline T,Somoza R,Ramón Y Cajal S,Condom E,Ferreres JC,Felipe A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CYP1B1 is recognized as a valuable target for chemotherapy. It catalyzes the bioactivation of naphthoquinone oximes within certain cancer cell lines. However, the expression level of CYP1B1 in melanoma and the functional role regulating the activity of DMAKO-20 as a representative naphthoquinone oxime agains...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Cui J,Zhou X,Huang J,Cui J,Chen J

更新日期：2020-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite remarkable progress that has been made in the recent years in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors, in particular colorectal cancer, the prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains dismal. Five years after diagnosis almost all patients have died. At early stages of the disease surgery is the only modality to ac...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Porzner M,Seufferlein T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant brain tumors including primary brain tumors (e.g., glioblastoma multiforme) and metastases, are aggressive and lethal entities for the majority of affected patients. Current standard treatments involving combinations of surgery, radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy offer only modest improvements in surviva...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Drapeau A,Fortin D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncolytic viruses can selectively replicate in and lead to tumor cell lysis with minimal infection/replication potential in adjoining non-neoplastic tissue. Because of paramount safety concerns, first-generation oncolytic viruses were designed to be significantly attenuated in their lytic potential. Results from recen...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Hardcastle J,Kurozumi K,Chiocca EA,Kaur B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), considered to be one of the most lethal cancers with almost > 1 million deaths reported annually worldwide, remains a devastating disease with no known effective cure. Hence, chemopreventive strategies come into play, offering an effective and safe mode of treatment, ideal to ward off p...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Thoppil RJ,Bhatia D,Barnes KF,Haznagy-Radnai E,Hohmann J,Darvesh AS,Bishayee A

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:CXCR4 is a chemokine receptor implicated in the metastatic process. The CXCR4 ligand, CXCL12, was shown to bind also the CXCR7 receptor, a recently deorphanized chemokine receptor whose signalling pathway and function are still controversial. This study was conducted to determine patients clinic-pathological factors a...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： D'Alterio C,Consales C,Polimeno M,Franco R,Cindolo L,Portella L,Cioffi M,Calemma R,Marra L,Claudio L,Perdonà S,Pignata S,Facchini G,Cartenì G,Longo N,Pucci L,Ottaiano A,Costantini S,Castello G,Scala S

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a well-recognised drug target exploited for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Gefitinib and erlotinib are first generation clinically employed inhibitors used against EGFR activating mutants. However, during course of treatment these inhibitors become ine...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Agarwal SM,Pal D,Gupta M,Saini R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen deprivation therapy has been the major treatment for advanced prostate cancer (PCa) and has shown to prolong life. However, remissions are temporary and patients almost inevitably progress to become castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). CRPC is almost incurable even when treated with docetaxel that may...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Donkena KV,Yuan H,Young CY

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The greatest risk factor for the development of cervical and other cancers that have been linked to the human papillomavirus (HPV) family is the persistence of the virus. To persist for the decades required to develop HPV-related cancers, the virus must escape host immunity. HPV is a simple DNA virus that has evolved ...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Kanodia S,Fahey LM,Kast WM

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castration-resistant prostate cancer remains incurable and a major cause of mortality worldwide. The absence of effective therapeutic approaches for advanced prostate cancer has led to an intensive search for novel treatments. Emerging nanomedical approaches have shown promising results, in vitro and in vivo, in impro...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Katsogiannou M,Peng L,Catapano CV,Rocchi P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NUPR1 is a transcription factor that has attracted great attention because of its various roles in cancer. Several studies were carried out to determine its molecular targets and mechanism of action to develop novel therapies against cancer. Here, we shed light on the role of NUPR1 in different types of cancer. NUPR1 ...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Mansour SMA,Ali SA,Nofal S,Soror SH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several subtypes of T cells are located in a tumor environment, each of which supplies their energy using different metabolic mechanisms. Since the cancer cells require high levels of glucose, the conditions of food poverty in the tumor environment can cause inactivation of immune cells, especially the T-effector cell...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Iranparast S,Tayebi S,Ahmadpour F,Yousefi B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(5Z,9Z)-11-Phenylundeca-5,9-dienoic acid was stereoselectively synthesized, based on original cross-cyclomagnesiation of 2-(hepta-5,6-dien-1-yloxy)tetrahydro-2H-pyran and buta-2,3-dien-1-ylbenzene with EtMgBr in the presence of the Cp2TiCl2 catalyst giving 2,5-dialkylydenemagnesacyclopentane in 86% yield. The acid hyd...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： D'yakonov VA,Dzhemileva LU,Makarov AA,Mulyukova AR,Baevd DS,Khusnutdinova EK,Tolstikova TG,Dzhemilev UM

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The actin microfilament network is important in maintaining cell shape and function in eukaryotic cells. It has a multitude of roles in cellular processes such as cell adhesion, motility, cellular signalling, intracellular trafficking and cytokinesis. Alterations in the organisation of the cytoskeleton and changes in ...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Stehn JR,Schevzov G,O'Neill GM,Gunning PW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma-associated oncogenes (GLIs) are zinc finger protein family members and downstream regulatory factors of the classic Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway. GLI proteins influence the growth and development of organisms and aid in tissue repair. However, aberrant expression of the GLI family member GLI1 promotes carcin...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Wu J,Di D,Zhao C,Liu Y,Chen H,Gong Y,Zhao X,Chen H

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Targets for cancer therapy are conventionally selected by identification of molecules acting downstream of established tumour suppressors and oncoproteins, such as p53, c-Myc and Ras. However, the forward genetics approach provides an alternative, conceptually distinct, strategy for identifying target molecules de nov...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Mourtada-Maarabouni M,Watson D,Munir M,Farzaneh F,Williams GT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a disease in which cellular growth regulatory networks are disrupted. Lesions in well-characterized oncogenes and tumor suppressors often contribute to the dysregulation, but recent work has also uncovered the fundamental importance of enzymes that modulate the acetylation status of chromatin to the initiati...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Chen JS,Faller DV,Spanjaard RA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-153 (miR-153) is considered to be a tumor regulator. Silencing of miR-153 expression induced apoptosis in breast cancer cells. Data on mechanism suggest that up-regulation of miR- 153 level promotes cell proliferation via the down regulation of the expression of PTEN or FOXO1, which attenuates the proliferati...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Chen Y,Feng F,Gao X,Wang C,Sun H,Zhang C,Zeng Z,Lu Y,An L,Qu J,Wang F,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Translational data suggest that nucleoside transporters, in particular human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1), play an important role in predicting clinical outcome after gemcitabine chemotherapy for several types of cancer. The aim of this study was to retrospectively determine patient...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Santini D,Schiavon G,Vincenzi B,Cass CE,Vasile E,Manazza AD,Catalano V,Baldi GG,Lai R,Rizzo S,Giacobino A,Chiusa L,Caraglia M,Russo A,Mackey J,Falcone A,Tonini G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UDP-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine: polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyl transferase-6 (pp-GalNAc-T6) is a member of the N-acetyl-D-galactosamine transferase family. It catalyzes the addition of N-acetyl-D-galactosamine to proteins, often the first step in O-glycosylation of proteins. Glycosylated proteins play important role...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Banford S,Timson DJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing incidence of cancer at most of the sites, and growing economic burden and associated psychological and emotional trauma, it is becoming clearer that more efforts are needed for cancer cure. Since most of the chemotherapeutic drugs are non-selective because they are also toxic to the normal cells, new a...

journal_title：Current cancer drug targets

authors： Kaur M,Agarwal R

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00