| Literature DB >> 26180080 |
Veronica R Placencio1, Yves A DeClerck2.
Abstract
Despite its function as an inhibitor of urokinase and tissue-type plasminogen activator (PA), PA inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) has a paradoxical protumorigenic role in cancer, promoting angiogenesis and tumor cell survival. In this review, we summarize preclinical evidence in support of the protumorigenic function of PAI-1 that has led to the testing of small-molecule PAI-1 inhibitors, initially developed as antithrombotic agents, in animal models of cancer. The review discusses the challenges and the opportunities that lay ahead to the development of efficacious and nontoxic PAI-1 inhibitors as anticancer agents. ©2015 American Association for Cancer Research.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26180080 PMCID: PMC4613764 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-0876
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Res ISSN: 0008-5472 Impact factor: 12.701