Potential of Integrin Inhibitors for Treating Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review
Epithelial ovarian cancer is a fatal disease, with a cure rate of only 30%. Several recent studies have targeted integrins for cancer treatment. Preclinical studies have shown the effectiveness of several integrin inhibitors for blocking cancer progression, especially by blocking angiogenesis. Becau...
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doaj-93a229c5863b436a9837d985669674352020-11-24T23:43:17ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942017-07-01978310.3390/cancers9070083cancers9070083Potential of Integrin Inhibitors for Treating Ovarian Cancer: A Literature ReviewMasaki Kobayashi0Kenjiro Sawada1Tadashi Kimura2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka Suita, Osaka 5650871, JapanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka Suita, Osaka 5650871, JapanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka Suita, Osaka 5650871, JapanEpithelial ovarian cancer is a fatal disease, with a cure rate of only 30%. Several recent studies have targeted integrins for cancer treatment. Preclinical studies have shown the effectiveness of several integrin inhibitors for blocking cancer progression, especially by blocking angiogenesis. Because the initial critical step in ovarian cancer metastasis is the attachment of cancer cells to the peritoneum or omentum and because clinical trials have provided positive results for anti-angiogenic therapy, therapies targeting integrins may be the most feasible approach for treating cancer. This review summarizes the current understanding of integrin biology in ovarian cancer metastasis and various therapeutic approaches involving integrin inhibitors. However, no integrin inhibitor has shown favorable results thus far. However, conjugates of cytotoxic agents with the triplet sequence arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) peptides targeting α5β1-, αvβ3-, and αvβ6-integrins may be promising integrin-targeting therapies for further clinical investigation.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/9/7/83integrinovarian cancerangiogenesisRGD peptidevolociximab |
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Potential of Integrin Inhibitors for Treating Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review |
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Potential of Integrin Inhibitors for Treating Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review |
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Potential of Integrin Inhibitors for Treating Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review |
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Potential of Integrin Inhibitors for Treating Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review |
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Potential of Integrin Inhibitors for Treating Ovarian Cancer: A Literature Review |
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potential of integrin inhibitors for treating ovarian cancer: a literature review |
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Epithelial ovarian cancer is a fatal disease, with a cure rate of only 30%. Several recent studies have targeted integrins for cancer treatment. Preclinical studies have shown the effectiveness of several integrin inhibitors for blocking cancer progression, especially by blocking angiogenesis. Because the initial critical step in ovarian cancer metastasis is the attachment of cancer cells to the peritoneum or omentum and because clinical trials have provided positive results for anti-angiogenic therapy, therapies targeting integrins may be the most feasible approach for treating cancer. This review summarizes the current understanding of integrin biology in ovarian cancer metastasis and various therapeutic approaches involving integrin inhibitors. However, no integrin inhibitor has shown favorable results thus far. However, conjugates of cytotoxic agents with the triplet sequence arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) peptides targeting α5β1-, αvβ3-, and αvβ6-integrins may be promising integrin-targeting therapies for further clinical investigation. |
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integrin ovarian cancer angiogenesis RGD peptide volociximab |
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