Natural products as new antimitotic compounds for anticancer drug development

Cell cycle control genes are frequently mutated in cancer cells, which usually display higher rates of proliferation than normal cells. Dysregulated mitosis leads to genomic instability, which contributes to tumor progression and aggressiveness. Many drugs that disrupt mitosis have been studied beca...

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Main Authors: Carlos Roberto Koscky Paier, Sarah Sant’Anna Maranhão, Teiliane Rodrigues Carneiro, Lídia Moreira Lima, Danilo Damasceno Rocha, Renan da Silva Santos, Kaio Moraes de Farias, Manoel Odorico de Moraes-Filho, Claudia Pessoa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2018-12-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322018000200338&lng=en&tlng=en