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Identification of novel targets for cancer therapy using expression proteomics

Leukemia volume 16, pages 478–485 (2002)Cite this article

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Although most drugs target proteins, the proteome has remained largely untapped for the discovery of drug targets. The sequencing of the human genome has had a tremendous impact on proteomics and has provided a framework for protein identification. There is currently substantial interest in implementing proteomics platforms for drug target discovery. Although the field is still in the early stages, current proteomic tools include a variety of technologies that could be implemented for large-scale protein expression analysis of cells and tissues, leading to discovery of novel drug targets. Proteomics uniquely allows delineation of global changes in protein expression patterns resulting from transcriptional and post-transcriptional control, post-translational modifications and shifts in proteins between different cellular compartments. Some of the current technologies for proteome profiling and the application of proteomics to the analysis of leukemias by our group are reviewed.

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Hanash, S., Madoz-Gurpide, J. & Misek, D. Identification of novel targets for cancer therapy using expression proteomics. Leukemia 16, 478–485 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402412

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