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Caveolae as a target to quench autoinduction of the metastatic phenotype in lung cancer.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Mar 2016
Garnett David John
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PURPOSE: Mevalonate pathway inhibitors are potentially useful chemotherapeutic agents showing growth inhibition and pro-apoptotic effects in cancer cells. The effects of statins and bisphosphonates on cancer growth are attributed to a reduction in protein isoprenylation. Post-translational modification and activation of GTPase binding Ras superfamily permit the recruitment of these signal proteins to membranes...
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