Natural quinazolinones: From a treasure house to promising anticancer leads

H Li, G Fu, W Zhong - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite great advances in the development of modern anticancer drugs, it is still challenging
to find safer and more effective ones due to a new spectrum of diseases and emerging drug …

PIM kinases: From survival factors to regulators of cell motility

NM Santio, PJ Koskinen - The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell …, 2017 - Elsevier
PIM kinases are oncogenic serine/threonine kinases, the expression and activities of which
are tightly regulated in normal tissues, but upregulated in many types of human …

Rhamnetin and cirsiliol induce radiosensitization and inhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by miR-34a-mediated suppression of Notch-1 expression …

JH Kang, EG Kim, W Kim, KM Seong, HS Youn… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Radioresistance is a major cause of decreasing the efficiency of radiotherapy for non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To understand the radioresistance mechanisms in NSCLC, we …

PIM1 kinase promotes EMT-associated osimertinib resistance via regulating GSK3β signaling pathway in EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer

J Zhou, X Wang, Z Li, F Wang, L Cao, X Chen… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Acquired resistance is inevitable in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with
osimertinib, and one of the primary mechanisms responsible for this resistance is the …

Phase I studies of AZD1208, a proviral integration Moloney virus kinase inhibitor in solid and haematological cancers

J Cortes, K Tamura, DJ DeAngelo, J De Bono… - British journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Background Proviral integration Moloney virus (PIM) kinases (PIM1, 2 and 3) are
overexpressed in several tumour types and contribute to oncogenesis. AZD1208 is a potent …

Inhibition of PIM kinases in DLBCL targets MYC transcriptional program and augments the efficacy of anti-CD20 antibodies

M Szydłowski, F Garbicz, E Jabłońska, P Górniak… - Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
The family of PIM serine/threonine kinases includes three highly conserved oncogenes,
PIM1, PIM2, and PIM3, which regulate multiple prosurvival pathways and cooperate with …

PAK1 tyrosine phosphorylation is required to induce epithelial–mesenchymal transition and radioresistance in lung cancer cells

EG Kim, HS Youn, TW Kwon, B Son, JH Kang, HJ Yang… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Abstract The p21-activated Ser/Thr kinase 1 (PAK1) kinase has an essential role in
tumorigenesis and cell survival in many cancers, but its regulation is not fully understood. In …

TFAP2C-mediated upregulation of TGFBR1 promotes lung tumorigenesis and epithelial–mesenchymal transition

W Kim, EG Kim, S Lee, D Kim, J Chun… - … & molecular medicine, 2016 - nature.com
TFAP2C (transcription factor-activating enhancer-binding protein 2C) expression has been
positively correlated with poor prognosis in patients with certain types of cancer, but the …

MicroRNA‐124‐3p regulates cell proliferation, invasion, apoptosis, and bioenergetics by targeting PIM1 in astrocytoma

D Deng, L Wang, Y Chen, B Li, L Xue, N Shao… - Cancer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The PIM 1 protein is an important regulator of cell proliferation, the cell cycle, apoptosis, and
metabolism in various human cancers. Micro RNA s (mi RNA s) are powerful post …

Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening identifies CARHSP1 responsible for radiation resistance in glioblastoma

G Zhu, J Yu, Z Sun, Y Chen, H Zheng, M Lin… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Glioblastomas (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor, and radiotherapy
plays a critical role in its therapeutic management. Unfortunately, the development of …