Important players in carcinogenesis as potential targets in cancer therapy: an update

Justyna Magdalena Hermanowicz; Iwona Kwiatkowska; Dariusz Pawlak

doi:10.18632/oncotarget.27689

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Important players in carcinogenesis as potential targets in cancer therapy: an update

Justyna Magdalena Hermanowicz _, Iwona Kwiatkowska and Dariusz Pawlak

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Abstract

Justyna Magdalena Hermanowicz1^,2, Iwona Kwiatkowska1 and Dariusz Pawlak1

1 Department of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza, Bialystok, Poland

2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Medical University of Bialystok, Mickiewicza, Bialystok, Poland

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Justyna Magdalena Hermanowicz,

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Keywords: modulators of carcinogenesis; acetylcholine; peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors; aquaporins

Received: June 02, 2020 Accepted: July 14, 2020 Published: August 11, 2020

ABSTRACT

The development of cancer is a problem that has accompanied mankind for years. The growing number of cases, emerging drug resistance, and the need to reduce the serious side effects of pharmacotherapy are forcing scientists to better understand the complex mechanisms responsible for the initiation, promotion, and progression of the disease. This paper discusses the modulation of the particular stages of carcinogenesis by selected physiological factors, including: acetylcholine (ACh), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR), fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs), Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (Btk), aquaporins (AQPs), insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF-2), and exosomes. Understanding their role may contribute to the development of more effective and safer therapies based on new binding sites.

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