Therapeutic potential of antisense Bcl‐2 as a chemosensitizer for cancer therapy

R Kim, M Emi, K Tanabe, T Toge - … International Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Bcl‐2 protein plays a critical role in inhibiting anticancer drug‐induced apoptosis, which is
mediated by a mitochondria‐dependent pathway that controls the release of cytochrome c …

Antisense and nonantisense effects of antisense Bcl-2 on multiple roles of Bcl-2 as a chemosensitizer in cancer therapy

R Kim, M Emi, K Matsuura, K Tanabe - Cancer Gene Therapy, 2007 - nature.com
Bcl-2 is an oncoprotein that plays a critical role in inhibiting apoptotic cell death in the
mitochondria-dependent pathway in cancer chemotherapy. As a strategy for blocking Bcl-2 …

Promise and problems of Bcl-2 antisense therapy

JC Reed - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Ever since its implication in multidrug chemoresistance in tumors, the bcl-2 gene (also
known as BCL2) has stood out among molecular targets in oncology (1). The protein …

Preclinical evaluation of antisense bcl‐2 as a chemosensitizer for patients with gastric carcinoma

R Kim, M Emi, K Tanabe, T Toge - … International Journal of the …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Because bcl‐2 is a critical factor for anticancer drug‐induced apoptosis, the
authors conducted a preclinical evaluation of antisense (AS) bcl‐2 as an enhancer of the …

Bcl-2 antisense therapy in B-cell malignancies

A Chanan-Khan - Blood reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Bcl-2 is an apoptosis regulating protein, overexpression of which is associated with
chemotherapy resistant disease, aggressive clinical course, and poor survival in patients …

Bcl-2–related antisense therapy

Y Gutiérrez-Puente, P Zapata-Benavides, AM Tari… - Seminars in …, 2002 - Elsevier
High expression of the bcl-2 proto-oncogene is found in various human hematologic
malignancies and solid tumors. Bcl-2 protein exerts its oncogenic role by preventing tumor …

Apoptosis, Bcl-2 antisense, and cancer therapy.

LD Piro - Oncology (Williston Park, NY), 2004 - europepmc.org
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a complex process of cell turnover involved in both
normal and pathologic processes in the body. Impairments in the apoptotic pathways …

Reversal of Chemoresistance of Lymphoma Cells by Antisense-Mediated Reduction of bcl-2 Gene Expression

S KITADA, S TAKAYAMA, KIM DE RIEL… - Antisense Research …, 1994 - liebertpub.com
The bcl-2 gene is expressed in many types of human tumors and becomes transcriptionally
deregulated in the majority of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas as the result of t (14; 18) …

Bcl-2 antisense in the treatment of human malignancies: a delusion in targeted therapy

BT Gjertsen, T Bredholt, N Anensen… - Current …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Regulation of cell death (apoptosis) is frequently affected in the development of malignant
diseases, and all molecular steps from extracellular signalling receptors through intracellular …

Targeting the Bcl-2 family in cancer therapy

K Papadopoulos - Seminars in oncology, 2006 - Elsevier
The targeting of anti-apoptotic members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins, especially Bcl-2, is
the focus of efforts to modulate the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and effect tumor death …