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Signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention by natural products.

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Cardenas, ME; Sanfridson, A; Cutler, NS; Heitman, J
Published in: Trends Biotechnol
October 1998

Many bacteria and fungi produce natural products that are toxic to other microorganisms and have a variety of physiological effects in animals. Recent studies have revealed that, in several cases, the targets of these agents are components of conserved signal-transduction cascades. This article looks at the mechanisms of action of five natural products--the immunosuppressants cyclosporin A, FK506 and rapamycin, and the antiproliferative agents wortmannin and geldanamycin. These mechanisms reveal the importance of signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention and the enormous utility of studies of natural-product action in simple model genetic systems.

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Trends Biotechnol

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0167-7799

Publication Date

October 1998

Volume

16

Issue

10

Start / End Page

427 / 433

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Wortmannin
  • Tacrolimus
  • Sirolimus
  • Signal Transduction
  • Quinones
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • Lactams, Macrocyclic
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Humans
  • HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins
 

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Cardenas, M. E., Sanfridson, A., Cutler, N. S., & Heitman, J. (1998). Signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention by natural products. Trends Biotechnol, 16(10), 427–433. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-7799(98)01239-6
Cardenas, M. E., A. Sanfridson, N. S. Cutler, and J. Heitman. “Signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention by natural products.Trends Biotechnol 16, no. 10 (October 1998): 427–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-7799(98)01239-6.
Cardenas ME, Sanfridson A, Cutler NS, Heitman J. Signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention by natural products. Trends Biotechnol. 1998 Oct;16(10):427–33.
Cardenas, M. E., et al. “Signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention by natural products.Trends Biotechnol, vol. 16, no. 10, Oct. 1998, pp. 427–33. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0167-7799(98)01239-6.
Cardenas ME, Sanfridson A, Cutler NS, Heitman J. Signal-transduction cascades as targets for therapeutic intervention by natural products. Trends Biotechnol. 1998 Oct;16(10):427–433.
Journal cover image

Published In

Trends Biotechnol

DOI

ISSN

0167-7799

Publication Date

October 1998

Volume

16

Issue

10

Start / End Page

427 / 433

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Wortmannin
  • Tacrolimus
  • Sirolimus
  • Signal Transduction
  • Quinones
  • Protein Biosynthesis
  • Lactams, Macrocyclic
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Humans
  • HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins