Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins: New therapeutic targets in hematological cancer?

Leukemia

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1751-1759

  de Graaf, A O ^a,b   de Witte, T ^a   Jansen, J H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; IAP; Inhibitor od apoptosis; Leukemia; Lymphoma; NF B

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; BORTEZOMIB; CASPASE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LIVIN; PROTEASOME INHIBITOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SURVIVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG SENSITIZATION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR PROMOTION;

EID: 8844244753     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403493     Document Type: Review

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