METHOD OF SENSITIZING CANCER CELLS TO THE CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS OF DEATH RECEPTOR LIGANDS IN CANCER TREATMENT
申请人:Sayers Thomas Joseph
公开号:US20130039883A1
公开(公告)日:2013-02-14
Disclosed is a method of enhancing the response of cancer cells in a mammal to treatment with a death receptor ligand, which method comprises contacting the cancer cells with a death receptor ligand in conjunction with an effective amount of a compound described herein, for example, a cucurbitacin (I) or a withanolide (II). Also disclosed is a method of inducing apoptosis in cancer cells in a mammal, comprising contacting the cancer cells with a compound described herein, for example, a cucurbitacin (I) or a withanolide (II) and also contacting the cancer cells with a death receptor ligand, whereby apoptosis is induced in the cancer cells.