半胱氨酸蛋白酶在癌症中的参与

Title:Involvement of Cysteine Proteases in Cancer

Volume: 22 Issue: 8

Author(s): Jerzy Gora and Rafal Latajka

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关键词: 凋亡，钙激活酶，癌症，半胱天冬酶，组织蛋白酶，半胱氨酸蛋白酶

摘要: The cysteine protease family members play important roles in various pivotal cellular processes. The difficulty in the analysis of the effects of cysteine protease aberrations in cancer comes as a result of the fact that they take part in complex proteolytic pathways. Nevertheless, there is a vast amount of data regarding the involvement of distinct members of this family in divergent types of cancer. Cysteine proteases assist migration and development of the disease, as well as increase the invasiveness of particular kinds of tumors. They are designated as both drug targets, as well as cancer susceptibility biomarkers. This implies that the abnormalities in their activity and expression patterns may be associated with the hallmarks of cancer. This review demonstrates that the influence of cysteine proteases on different mechanisms underlying cancer is undisputable. Thus, they are potent targets for future study and should be recognized as key players in the fight against cancer.

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Jerzy Gora and Rafal Latajka , Involvement of Cysteine Proteases in Cancer, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 22 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867321666141106115624