December 11, 2015
THE SKIN CANCER CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT INGENOL-3-ANGELATE (PEP005) IS A SUBSTRATE FOR THE EPIDERMAL MULTIDRUG TRANSPORTER (ABCB1) AND TARGETS TUMOR VASCULATURE.
Ingenol-3-angelate (Ing3A), extracted from Euphorbia peplus, is currently in clinical trials for eradicating basal cell carcinoma, actinic keratosis, and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in situ by topical application. Although structurally related to phorbol esters and a protein kinase C activator,... Read More