Kinase drug discovery 20 years after imatinib: progress and future directions

P Cohen, D Cross, PA Jänne - Nature reviews drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Protein kinases regulate nearly all aspects of cell life, and alterations in their expression, or
mutations in their genes, cause cancer and other diseases. Here, we review the remarkable …

NTRK fusion-positive cancers and TRK inhibitor therapy

E Cocco, M Scaltriti, A Drilon - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2018 - nature.com
N TRK gene fusions involving either NTRK1, NTRK2 or NTRK3 (encoding the neurotrophin
receptors TRKA, TRKB and TRKC, respectively) are oncogenic drivers of various adult and …

Cell death-based treatment of lung adenocarcinoma

TV Denisenko, IN Budkevich, B Zhivotovsky - Cell death & disease, 2018 - nature.com
The most common type of lung cancer is adenocarcinoma (ADC), comprising around 40% of
all lung cancer cases. In spite of achievements in understanding the pathogenesis of this …

First-Line Crizotinib versus Chemotherapy in ALK-Positive Lung Cancer

BJ Solomon, T Mok, DW Kim, YL Wu… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The efficacy of the ALK inhibitor crizotinib as compared with standard
chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced ALK-positive non–small-cell lung cancer …

A historical overview of protein kinases and their targeted small molecule inhibitors

R Roskoski Jr - Pharmacological research, 2015 - Elsevier
Protein kinases play a predominant regulatory role in nearly every aspect of cell biology and
they can modify the function of a protein in almost every conceivable way. Protein …

Phase II study of crizotinib in East Asian patients with ROS1-positive advanced non–small-cell lung cancer

YL Wu, JCH Yang, DW Kim, S Lu, J Zhou… - Journal of clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Approximately 1% to 2% of non–small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) harbor a c-ros
oncogene 1 (ROS1) rearrangement. Crizotinib, an inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase …

Clinical Experience With Crizotinib in Patients With Advanced ALK-Rearranged Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases

DB Costa, AT Shaw, SHI Ou, BJ Solomon… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Crizotinib is an oral kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of ALK-rearranged
non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The clinical benefits of crizotinib in patients with brain …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the ALK receptor in cancer biology

B Hallberg, RH Palmer - Annals of Oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A vast array of oncogenic variants has been identified for anaplastic lymphoma
kinase (ALK). Therefore, there is a need to better understand the role of ALK in cancer …

AXL receptor tyrosine kinase as a promising anti-cancer approach: functions, molecular mechanisms and clinical applications

C Zhu, Y Wei, X Wei - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Molecular targeted therapy for cancer has been a research hotspot for decades. AXL is a
member of the TAM family with the high-affinity ligand growth arrest-specific protein 6 …

Activity and safety of crizotinib in patients with ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer: updated results from a phase 1 study

DR Camidge, YJ Bang, EL Kwak, AJ Iafrate… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background ALK fusion genes occur in a subset of non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs).
We assessed the tolerability and activity of crizotinib in patients with NSCLC who were …