Targeting the actin nucleation promoting factor WASp provides a therapeutic approach for hematopoietic malignancies

Autor: Guy Biber, Aviad Ben-Shmuel, Elad Noy, Noah Joseph, Abhishek Puthenveetil, Neria Reiss, Omer Levy, Itay Lazar, Ariel Feiglin, Yanay Ofran, Meirav Kedmi, Abraham Avigdor, Sophia Fried, Mira Barda-Saad
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25842-7
Popis: Cancer cells proliferate and invade via cytoskeletal proteins such as WASp, exclusively expressed in hematopoietic cells. Here the authors show a specific small molecule compound inhibiting cancer cell activity by WASp degradation and demonstrating its therapeutic potential in vitro and in vivo.
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