Targeting MCL-1 protein to treat cancer: opportunities and challenges

Evading apoptosis has been linked to tumor development and chemoresistance. One mechanism for this evasion is the overexpression of prosurvival B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) family proteins, which gives cancer cells a survival advantage. Mcl-1, a member of the BCL-2 family, is among the most frequently...

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Main Authors: Shady I. Tantawy, Natalia Timofeeva, Aloke Sarkar, Varsha Gandhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2023.1226289/full