Thiazole antibiotics target FoxM1 and induce apoptosis in human cancer cells.

Forkhead box M1 (FoxM1) oncogenic transcription factor represents an attractive therapeutic target in the fight against cancer, because it is overexpressed in a majority of human tumors. Recently, using a cell-based assay system we identified thiazole antibiotic Siomycin A as an inhibitor of FoxM1 t...

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Main Authors: Uppoor G Bhat, Marianna Halasi, Andrei L Gartel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2680058?pdf=render