Paclitaxel

Anticancer compound. Chemotherapeutic used in patients with cancer and advanced forms of Kaposi's sarcoma. Microtubule assembly stabilizer. Reversibly binds to polymerized tubulin. Anti-mitotic. Mitotic spindle assembly, chromosome segregation and cell division inhibitor. Induces cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase. Apoptosis inducer through aberrant activation of cyclin-dependent kinases (CKDs) and the c-Jun N-terminal kinase/stress activated protein kinase (JNK/SAPK). Immunosuppressor. Immunostimulant. Antiproliferative agent for the prevention of restenosis. TRAIL sensitizer