Inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) antagonists in anticancer agent discovery: Current status and perspectives

H Cong, L Xu, Y Wu, Z Qu, T Bian… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Apoptosis, an important form of programmed cell death (PCD), is a tightly regulated cellular
process to eliminate unwanted or damaged cells. Resistance of apoptosis is a hallmark of …

XIAP's profile in human cancer

H Tu, M Costa - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
XIAP, the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein, regulates cell death signaling pathways
through binding and inhibiting caspases. Mounting experimental research associated with …

FBXW7 confers radiation survival by targeting p53 for degradation

D Cui, X Xiong, J Shu, X Dai, Y Sun, Y Zhao - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The tumor suppressor p53 plays a critical role in integrating a wide variety of stress
responses. Therefore, p53 levels are precisely regulated by multiple ubiquitin ligases. In this …

Decorated ultrathin bismuth selenide nanosheets as targeted theranostic agents for in vivo imaging guided cancer radiation therapy

Z Song, Y Chang, H Xie, XF Yu, PK Chu, T Chen - NPG Asia Materials, 2017 - nature.com
An efficient radiotherapeutic agent is synthesized using ultrathin two-dimensional 30-nm-
wide and 2-nm-thick Bi 2 Se 3 nanosheets (NSs) as a radiosensitizer. Chitosan (CS) and …

Recent advances in caspase-3, breast cancer, and traditional Chinese medicine: a review

H Dou, P Yu, Y Liu, Y Zhu, F Li, Y Wang… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Caspases (cysteinyl aspartate-specific proteinases) are a group of structurally similar
proteases in the cytoplasm that can be involved in cell differentiation, programmed death …

Molecular pathways: targeting inhibitor of apoptosis proteins in cancer—from molecular mechanism to therapeutic application

S Fulda - Clinical Cancer Research, 2014 - AACR
Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins play a critical role in the control of survival and cell death
by regulating key signaling events such as caspase activation and NF-κB signaling …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibiting the inhibitors: Development of the IAP inhibitor xevinapant for the treatment of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

RL Ferris, K Harrington, JD Schoenfeld… - Cancer Treatment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Standard of care for patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head
and neck (LA SCCHN) is surgery followed by chemoradiotherapy (CRT) or definitive CRT …

Smac mimetics to therapeutically target IAP proteins in cancer

S Fulda - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Inhibitor of Apoptosis (IAP) proteins are overexpressed in a variety of human cancers.
Therefore, they are considered as promising targets for the design of therapeutic strategies …

The p21-dependent radiosensitization of human breast cancer cells by MLN4924, an investigational inhibitor of NEDD8 activating enzyme

D Yang, M Tan, G Wang, Y Sun - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Radiotherapy is a treatment choice for local control of breast cancer. However, intrinsic
radioresistance of cancer cells limits therapeutic efficacy. We have recently validated that …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecules targeting programmed cell death in breast cancer cells

S Maniam, S Maniam - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Targeted chemotherapy has become the forefront for cancer treatment in recent years. The
selective and specific features allow more effective treatment with reduced side effects. Most …