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Title

Ribosome-Directed Therapies in Cancer.

Authors

Temaj, Gazmend; Chichiarelli, Silvia; Eufemi, Margherita; Altieri, Fabio; Hadziselimovic, Rifat; Farooqi, Ammad Ahmad; Yaylim, Ilhan; Saso, Luciano

Abstract

The human ribosomes are the cellular machines that participate in protein synthesis, which is deeply affected during cancer transformation by different oncoproteins and is shown to provide cancer cell proliferation and therefore biomass. Cancer diseases are associated with an increase in ribosome biogenesis and mutation of ribosomal proteins. The ribosome represents an attractive anti-cancer therapy target and several strategies are used to identify specific drugs. Here we review the role of different drugs that may decrease ribosome biogenesis and cancer cell proliferation.

Subjects

CANCER cell proliferation; ORGANELLE formation; RIBOSOMAL proteins; CANCER treatment; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents

Publication

Biomedicines, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 9, p2088

ISSN

2227-9059

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.3390/biomedicines10092088