Abstract
In this review we provide a brief background on the cell cycle and then focus on two novel and emerging areas of cell cycle research that may prove to have significant relevance to the development of novel anticancer agents. In particular, we review the emerging evidence to suggest that histone deacetylase inhibitors may possess cancer cell-specific cytotoxicity due to their ability to target a novel G2/M checkpoint. We also review the recent literature supporting the proposition that inhibition of E2F activity in epithelial cancer cells may prove to be a useful differentiation therapy that operates via cell cycle-dependent and cell cycleindependent mechanisms.
Keywords: angiogenesis, dna replication, mitosis, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors, transcription, phosphorylation
Current Cancer Drug Targets
Title: Exploiting Novel Cell Cycle Targets in the Development of Anticancer Agents
Volume: 5 Issue: 2
Author(s): Chung Fai Wong, Alexander Guminski, Nicholas A. Saunders and Andrew J. Burgess
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Keywords: angiogenesis, dna replication, mitosis, cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors, transcription, phosphorylation
Abstract: In this review we provide a brief background on the cell cycle and then focus on two novel and emerging areas of cell cycle research that may prove to have significant relevance to the development of novel anticancer agents. In particular, we review the emerging evidence to suggest that histone deacetylase inhibitors may possess cancer cell-specific cytotoxicity due to their ability to target a novel G2/M checkpoint. We also review the recent literature supporting the proposition that inhibition of E2F activity in epithelial cancer cells may prove to be a useful differentiation therapy that operates via cell cycle-dependent and cell cycleindependent mechanisms.
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Wong Fai Chung, Guminski Alexander, Saunders A. Nicholas and Burgess J. Andrew, Exploiting Novel Cell Cycle Targets in the Development of Anticancer Agents, Current Cancer Drug Targets 2005; 5 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009053202090
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568009053202090 |
Print ISSN 1568-0096 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-5576 |
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