Defective Cell Cycle Checkpoints as Targets for Anti-Cancer Therapies

Conventional chemotherapeutics target the proliferating fraction of cells in the patient’s body, which will include the tumor cells, but are also toxic to actively proliferating normal tissues. Cellular stresses, such as those imposed by chemotherapeutic drugs, induce cell cycle checkpoint arrest, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gabrielli, Brian, Brooks, Kelly, Pavey, Sandra
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270485/