Is inflammatory micronucleation the key to a successful anti-mitotic cancer drug?

Paclitaxel is a successful anti-cancer drug that kills cancer cells in two-dimensional culture through perturbation of mitosis, but whether it causes tumour regression by anti-mitotic actions is controversial. Drug candidates that specifically target mitosis, including inhibitors of kinesin-5, AurkA...

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Main Authors: T. J. Mitchison, J. Pineda, J. Shi, S. Florian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2017-01-01
Series:Open Biology
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.170182