| Literature DB >> 24836189 |
Dongdong Wu1, Yanfeng Gao2, Yuanming Qi3, Lixiang Chen2, Yuanfang Ma1, Yanzhang Li4.
Abstract
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Conventional cancer therapies mainly focus on mass cell killing without high specificity and often cause severe side effects and toxicities. Peptides are a novel class of anticancer agents that could specifically target cancer cells with lower toxicity to normal tissues, which will offer new opportunities for cancer prevention and treatment. Anticancer peptides face several therapeutic challenges. In this review, we present the sources and mechanisms of anticancer peptides and further discuss modification strategies to improve the anticancer effects of bioactive peptides.Entities:
Keywords: Anticancer mechanism; Cancer therapy; Modification strategy; Peptide
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24836189 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2014.05.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679