METHODS OF TREATING CANCER BY INTERFERING WITH IGF-I RECEPTOR SIGNALING

摘要

The invention includes methods of reducing proliferation, causing apoptosis and treating cancer through the inhibition of ASM, the disruption of lipid rafts and the interference with IGF-IR and Racl signaling using a variety of compounds including siRNA, anti-ASM antibodies, anti-ceramide antibodies, short- chain ceramide derivatives, desipramine, clomipramine, mangostin and/or sphingomyelin substrate analogues.