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Title: Therapeutic strategies involving survivin inhibition in cancer
Author: Martínez García, David
Manero-Rupérez, Noemí
Quesada, Roberto
Korrodi-Gregório, Luís
Soto Cerrato, Vanessa
Keywords: Patologia molecular
Càncer
Transducció de senyal cel·lular
Inhibició
Molecular pathology
Cancer
Cellular signal transduction
Inhibition
Issue Date: 1-May-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract: Survivin is a small protein that belongs to the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family. It is abundantly expressed in tumors compared with adult differentiated tissues, being associated with poor prognosis in many human neoplasms. This apoptotic inhibitor has a relevant role in both the promotion of cancer cell survival and in the inhibition of cell death. Consequently, aberrant survivin expression stimulates tumor progression and confers resistance to several therapeutic strategies in a variety of tumors. In fact, efficient survivin downregulation or inhibition results in spontaneous apoptosis or sensitization to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Therefore, all these features make survivin an attractive therapeutic target to treat cancer. Currently, there are several survivin inhibitors under clinical evaluation, although more specific and efficient survivin inhibitors are being developed. Moreover, novel combination regimens targeting survivin together with other therapeutic approaches are currently being designed and assessed. In this review, recent progress in the therapeutic options targeting survivin for cancer treatment is analyzed. Direct survivin inhibitors and their current development status are explored. Besides, the major signaling pathways implicated in survivin regulation are described and different therapeutic approaches involving survivin indirect inhibition are evaluated. Finally, promising novel inhibitors under preclinical or clinical evaluation as well as challenges of developing survivin inhibitors as a new therapy for cancer treatment are discussed.
Note: Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/med.21547
It is part of: Medicinal Research Reviews, 2019, vol. 39, num. 3, p. 887-909
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/167817
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.1002/med.21547
ISSN: 0198-6325
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