[HTML][HTML] Broad targeting of resistance to apoptosis in cancer

RM Mohammad, I Muqbil, L Lowe, C Yedjou… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Apoptosis or programmed cell death is natural way of removing aged cells from the body.
Most of the anti-cancer therapies trigger apoptosis induction and related cell death networks …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-penetrating peptides in protein mimicry and cancer therapeutics

M Zorko, S Jones, Ü Langel - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive research has been undertaken in the pursuit of anticancer therapeutics. Many
anticancer drugs require specificity of delivery to cancer cells, whilst sparing healthy tissue …

Getting TRAIL back on track for cancer therapy

JV Lemke, S von Karstedt, J Zinngrebe… - Cell Death & …, 2014 - nature.com
Unlike other members of the TNF superfamily, the TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
(TRAIL, also known as Apo2L) possesses the unique capacity to induce apoptosis …

Targeting IAP proteins for therapeutic intervention in cancer

S Fulda, D Vucic - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2012 - nature.com
Evasion of apoptosis is one of the crucial acquired capabilities used by cancer cells to fend
off anticancer therapies. Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins exert a range of biological …

Mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in mammals

S Xiong, T Mu, G Wang, X Jiang - Protein & cell, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The mitochondria-mediated caspase activation pathway is a major apoptotic pathway
characterized by mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) and subsequent …

Discovery and mechanism of highly efficient cyclic cell-penetrating peptides

Z Qian, A Martyna, RL Hard, J Wang… - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
Previous cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) generally have low cytosolic delivery efficiencies,
because of inefficient endosomal escape. In this study, a family of small, amphipathic cyclic …

The Bcl2 family: regulators of the cellular life-or-death switch

S Cory, JM Adams - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2002 - nature.com
Tissue homeostasis is regulated by apoptosis, the cell-suicide programme that is executed
by proteases called caspases. The Bcl2 family of intracellular proteins is the central …

Extrinsic versus intrinsic apoptosis pathways in anticancer chemotherapy

S Fulda, KM Debatin - Oncogene, 2006 - nature.com
Apoptosis or programmed cell death is a key regulator of physiological growth control and
regulation of tissue homeostasis. One of the most important advances in cancer research in …

Malignant astrocytic glioma: genetics, biology, and paths to treatment

FB Furnari, T Fenton, RM Bachoo… - Genes & …, 2007 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Malignant astrocytic gliomas such as glioblastoma are the most common and lethal
intracranial tumors. These cancers exhibit a relentless malignant progression characterized …

Twenty years of cell‐penetrating peptides: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutics

F Heitz, MC Morris, G Divita - British journal of pharmacology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The recent discovery of new potent therapeutic molecules that do not reach the clinic due to
poor delivery and low bioavailability have made of delivery a key stone in therapeutic …