title: IAP antagonists: promising candidates for cancer therapy.
abstract: A promising strategy in cancer therapy aims to promote apoptosis in cancer cells. Targeting inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) with small-molecule inhibitors has attracted increasing interest in triggering cancer cell death. It is considered to have great potential for cancer drug discovery because IAPs block apoptosis at the core of the apoptotic machinery and are aberrantly expressed in various tumors. This review focuses on the current development of small-molecule IAP antagonists for cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Drug Research Group, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Universitätsstrasse 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. mannhold@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Raimund
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mannhold
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fulda
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carosati
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins