Modulating apoptosis : current applications and prospects for future drug development / H.P. Deigner, R. Kinscherf

Agents modulating apoptosis are of extraordinary promise for the treatment of several states of disease including cancer, AIDS, neurodegenerative and ischemic diseases. In this review a brief summary of cellular pathways relevant to programmed cell death first is given and potential therapeutic targets therein are emphasized. Current efforts in drug development are discussed from a mechanistic, biochemical point of view and pro- and anti-apoptotic strategies are related to the respective diseases. Therapeutic approaches addressed in this paper include the design and activity of novel low molecular weight agents (e.g. caspase inhibitors) as well as gene therapy (e.g. p53, adenovirus as vector in cancer treatment). In final sections, the latest findings in the field of apoptosis are highlighted and future applications are outlined..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999 May

1999

Erschienen:

1999 May

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Current medicinal chemistry - 6(1999), 5, Seite 399-414

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deigner, Hans-Peter, 1958- [VerfasserIn]
Kinscherf, Ralf [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Animals
Antigens, CD95
Apoptosis
Ceramides
Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors
Cytochrome c Group
Drug Design
Humans
Mitochondria
NF-kappa B
Oxidative Stress
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor

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Umfang:

16

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1563365413