The calpains are a conserved family of cysteine proteinases that catalyse the controlled proteolysis of many specific substrates that are involved in proliferation, apoptosis and migration. Calpain expression is altered during tumorigenesis and can influence the response to cancer therapies, indicating a need for new calpain inhibitors.
- Sarah J. Storr
- Neil O. Carragher
- Stewart G. Martin