International Journal of Molecular Sciences Review Combination of Anti-Cancer Drugs with Molecular Chaperone Inhibitors Maxim Shevtsov 1,2,3,4,5,6,* , Gabriele Multhoff 1 , Elena Mikhaylova 2, Atsushi Shibata 7 , Irina Guzhova 2 and Boris Margulis 2,* 1 Center for Translational Cancer Research, TUM (TranslaTUM), Technische Universität München (TUM), Klinikum rechts der Isar, Radiation Immuno Oncology, Einsteinstr. 25, 81675 Munich, Germany; gabriele.multhoff@tum.de 2 Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Tikhoretsky Ave., 4, St. Petersburg 194064, Russia;
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[email protected] (B.M.) Received: 31 August 2019; Accepted: 22 October 2019; Published: 24 October 2019 Abstract: Most molecular chaperones belonging to heat shock protein (HSP) families are known to protect cancer cells from pathologic, environmental and pharmacological stress factors and thereby can hamper anti-cancer therapies. In this review, we present data on inhibitors of the heat shock response (particularly mediated by the chaperones HSP90, HSP70, and HSP27) either as a single treatment or in combination with currently available anti-cancer therapeutic approaches.