Heat shock proteins in cancer

Michael Sherman, Gabriele Multhoff

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Abstract

Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are highly conserved and inhabit nearly all subcellular locations where they perform a variety of chaperoning functions including folding and unfolding of nascent polypeptides, proteins, transport of proteins, and support of antigen presentation processes. Apart from their intracellular location Hsps with a molecular weight of 70 kDa (Hsp70) also have been found on the plasma membrane of malignantly transformed cells, on virally/bacterial infected cells and in the extracellular space. Depending on their intra- and extracellular location Hsps exert either protection against environmental stress or act as potent stimulators of the immune response. In this review we address the dual function of intracellular and extracellular located small Hsps and members of the Hsp70 family and its immunological consequences for cancer immunity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStress Responses
Pages192-201
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2007
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Volume1113
ISSN (Print)0077-8923
ISSN (Electronic)1749-6632

Keywords

  • Adaptive/innate immune response
  • Cancer
  • Heat shock proteins

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