Targeting Tumor Proteasome with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Title: Targeting Tumor Proteasome with Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volume: 7 Issue: 1

Author(s): Huanjie Yang, Jinbao Liu and Q. Ping Dou

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Keywords: Proteasome inhibitors, natural products, medicinal compounds, cancer, prevention, treatment

Abstract: The proteasome is a multicatalytic protease complex whose activity is required for the growth of normal or tumor cells. It has been shown that human cancer cells are more sensitive to proteasome inhibition than normal cells, indicating that the proteasome could be a target of chemotherapy. Studies suggest that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an effective approach for cancer treatment. Here we reviewed several TCMs for their potential in treatment of cancer. This short review focuses mainly on the TCMs that potentially target the tumor cellular proteasome and NF-κB pathway whose activation is dependent on the proteasome activity.

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Yang Huanjie, Liu Jinbao and Ping Dou Q., Targeting Tumor Proteasome with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Current Drug Discovery Technologies 2010; 7 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016310791162785