Which medications in the drug class Antineoplastic Agents, Proteasome Inhibitors are used in the treatment of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL)?

Updated: Feb 25, 2021
  • Author: Sanjay Vinjamaram, MD, MPH; Chief Editor: Emmanuel C Besa, MD  more...
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Antineoplastic Agents, Proteasome Inhibitors

Agents in this class may cause cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis.

Bortezomib (Velcade)

This is the first drug approved of the anticancer agents known as proteasome inhibitors. The proteasome pathway is an enzyme complex existing in all cells. This complex degrades ubiquitinated proteins that control the cell cycle and cellular processes and maintains cellular homeostasis. Reversible proteasome inhibition disrupts the pathways supporting cell growth, thus decreases cancer cell survival.


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