Targeting apoptotic machinery as approach for anticancer therapy: Smac mimetics as anticancer agents
Apoptosis is a chief regulator of cellular homeostasis. Impairment of apoptotic machinery is a main characteristic of several diseases such as cancer, where the evasion of apoptosis is a cardinal hallmark of cancer. Apoptosis is regulated by contribution of pro- and anti- apoptotic proteins, where c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2015-06-01
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Series: | Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2314724515000060 |