title: Is TRAIL the holy grail of cancer therapy?
abstract: Inducing apoptosis has become an important approach in the development of new anti-cancer treatments. Tumour necrosis factor apoptosis inducing ligand (TRAIL) based therapies have emerged as one of the most promising examples of this as they selectively induce apoptosis in tumour cells. However, many primary tumours are inherently resistant to TRAIL-mediated apoptosis and require additional sensitisation. Here we review apoptotic and non-apoptotic TRAIL-signalling, and the therapeutic effects of TRAIL-based treatments both as monotherapy and in combination with sensitising agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Tumour Immunology Unit, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, London, UK.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Newsom-Davis
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prieske
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Walczak
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand