Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

A small molecule targeting myoferlin exerts promising anti-tumor effects on breast cancer

  • Tao Zhang,
  • Jingjie Li,
  • Yuan He,
  • Feifei Yang,
  • Yun Hao,
  • Wangrui Jin,
  • Jing Wu,
  • Zhenliang Sun,
  • Yunqi Li,
  • Yihua Chen,
  • Zhengfang Yi,
  • Mingyao Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06179-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Improved therapeutics are needed for treating breast cancer. Here they show the druggability of myoferlin with a small molecule inhibitor in breast cancer and demonstrate its anti-breast cancer effects in vitro and in vivo.