Characterization of isoenzyme-selective inhibitors of human sphingosine kinases.

Sphingosine kinases (SKs) are promising new therapeutic targets for cancer because they regulate the balance between pro-apoptotic ceramides and mitogenic sphingosine-1-phosphate. The functions of the two SK isoenzymes, SK1 and SK2, are not redundant, with genetic ablation of SK2 having more pronoun...

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Main Authors: Peng Gao, Yuri K Peterson, Ryan A Smith, Charles D Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3438171?pdf=render