Inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases as cancer therapeutics

SR Whittaker, A Mallinger, P Workman… - Pharmacology & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades there has been a great deal of interest in the development of
inhibitors of the cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). This attention initially stemmed from …

Hepatocellular carcinoma: etiology and current and future drugs

A Jindal, A Thadi, K Shailubhai - Journal of clinical and experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is swiftly increasing in prevalence globally with a high
mortality rate. The progression of HCC in patients is induced with advanced fibrosis, mainly …

CDK9: a comprehensive review of its biology, and its role as a potential target for anti-cancer agents

AT Anshabo, R Milne, S Wang, H Albrecht - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are proteins pivotal to a wide range of cellular functions,
most importantly cell division and transcription, and their dysregulations have been …

Targeting cyclin-dependent kinases in human cancers: from small molecules to peptide inhibitors

M Peyressatre, C Prével, M Pellerano, MC Morris - Cancers, 2015 - mdpi.com
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK/Cyclins) form a family of heterodimeric kinases that play
central roles in regulation of cell cycle progression, transcription and other major biological …

Cyclin dependent kinase 9 inhibitors for cancer therapy: miniperspective

YA Sonawane, MA Taylor, JV Napoleon… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors have been the topic of intense research for nearly
2 decades due to their widely varied and critical functions within the cell. Recently CDK9 has …

CDK9 inhibition constrains multiple oncogenic transcriptional and epigenetic pathways in prostate cancer

R Rahman, MH Rahaman, AR Hanson, N Choo… - British Journal of …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) stimulates oncogenic transcriptional
pathways in cancer and CDK9 inhibitors have emerged as promising therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is a novel prognostic marker and therapeutic target in ovarian cancer

J Wang, DC Dean, FJ Hornicek, H Shi… - The FASEB Journal, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite surgical and chemotherapeutic advances over the past few decades, the prognosis
for ovarian cancer remains very poor. Although cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 9 has an …

Targeting CDK9: a promising therapeutic opportunity in prostate cancer

MH Rahaman, M Kumarasiri… - Endocrine-related …, 2016 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is a key transcriptional regulator and a lucrative target for
cancer treatment. Targeting CDK9 can effectively confine the hyperactivity of androgen …

Targeting CDK9 for treatment of colorectal cancer

MH Rahaman, F Lam, L Zhong, T Teo… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains one of the most lethal human malignancies, and pursuit of
new therapeutic targets for treatment has been a major research focus. Cyclin‐dependent …

CDK9 inhibitors in cancer research

Z Huang, T Wang, C Wang, Y Fan - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclin dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) plays an essential role in regulating transcriptional
elongation. Aberrations in CDK9 activity have been observed in various cancers, which …