title: Killing two birds with one drug: a new application for HIV-1 cell entry inhibitors in the treatment of metastatic cancer.
abstract: The chemokine receptors CCR5 and CXCR4 serve as co-receptors for the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and thus, are important cellular components during HIV-1 cell entry. In recent years, a new biological role for chemokine receptors has emerged in assisting the spread of primary tumors to distant secondary sites within the human body (metastasis). This review highlights some of the HIV-1 cell entry inhibitors (antagonists), which are currently in development and/or under evaluation in clinical trials, and discusses the therapeutic use of these new antagonists for the treatment of certain forms of metastatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Natural Products and Cancer Biology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, USA. abachmann@crch.hawaii.edu
authors.forename: André S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bachmann
authors.forename: Ivonne
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gamper
mesh_terms: D065100:CCR5 Receptor Antagonists; D015870:Gene Expression; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D065100:CCR5 Receptor Antagonists; D019713:Receptors, CCR5; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4