title: Modulation of apoptosis signaling for cancer therapy.
abstract: Apoptosis, the cell's intrinsic death program, plays a central role in regulating tissue homeostasis. Also, most cytotoxic therapies used for cancer treatment, such as chemotherapy, gamma-irradiation, suicide genes, or immunotherapy, predominantly act by triggering apoptosis in target cells. Thus, understanding the molecular events that regulate apoptosis and how tumor cells evade apoptotic deletion have provided a paradigm to link cancer genetics and response to cancer therapy. Therefore, insights into the mechanisms regulating drug-induced apoptosis provide rational targets for novel therapeutic interventions.
authors.affiliation: University Children's Hospital, Eythstr. 24, D-89075, Ulm, Germany. simone.fulda@uniklinik-ulm.de
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fulda
authors.forename: Klaus-Michael
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Debatin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D020169:Caspases