Targeting the inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) to combat drug resistance in cancers

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Inhibitors of Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs) are a family of anti-apoptotic proteins that play a pivotal role in apoptosis in general but also as oncoproteins in cancer progression and, more importantly, drug resistance. IAPs enable cancer cells to evade programmed cell death and adapt to therapeutic stress by inhibiting pro-apoptotic caspase activity as well as modulating pivotal survival pathways. Recent...

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