Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, an emerging target for anti-cancer therapy

Current Cancer Drug Targets

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 938-952

  Liu, X ^a   Newton, R C ^a   Friedman, S M ^a   Scherle, P A ^a  

^a Clinical Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer and anti cancer; Dendritic cells; Immune suppression or tolerance; Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase; Kynurenine; L tryptophan; T cells

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHAN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AUTOLOGOUS THERMOSTABLE HEMODERIVATIVE VACCINE; BRASSININ; CANCER VACCINE; CARBOPLATIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; D 1 MT; DIINDOLMETHANE; ETOPOSIDE; EXIGUAMINE A; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; MENDIONE; METHYLTIOHYDANTOIN TRYPTOPHAN; NSC 401366; PACLITAXEL; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74849101015     PISSN: 15680096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156800909790192374     Document Type: Review

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