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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 7, 202–203 (1 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrd2534

Anticancer drugs: Antisense angiogenesis inhibition

Man Tsuey Tse

A key transcription factor involved in tumour angiogenesis — inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (ID1) — has been successfully targeted by using a peptide-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide (PCAO). Dysregulation of transcription factors is often seen in cancer.