Combination therapy with nivolumab (anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody): A new era in tumor immunotherapy

BA Kiasari, A Abbasi, NG Darestani, N Adabi… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting programmed cell death-1 (PD-1 or CD279)
have noticeably improved the treatment landscape of advanced cancer patients. Nivolumab …

Recent progress and clinical development of inhibitors that block MDM4/p53 protein–protein interactions

S Zhang, J Lou, Y Li, F Zhou, Z Yan… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
MDM4 is a homologue of MDM2, serving cooperatively as the negative regulator of tumor
suppressor p53. Under the shadow of MDM2 inhibitors, limited efforts had been put into the …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of MDM2-p53 and MDM4-p53 protein-protein interactions small molecule dual inhibitors

M Espadinha, EA Lopes, V Marques, JD Amaral… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
MDM2 and MDM4 are key negative regulators of p53, an important protein involved in
several cell processes (eg cell cycle and apoptosis). Not surprisingly, the p53 tumor …

MDM2/X inhibitors as radiosensitizers for glioblastoma targeted therapy

X Miles, C Vandevoorde, A Hunter, J Bolcaen - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Inhibition of the MDM2/X-p53 interaction is recognized as a potential anti-cancer strategy,
including the treatment of glioblastoma (GB). In response to cellular stressors, such as DNA …

Alterations in molecular profiles affecting glioblastoma resistance to radiochemotherapy: where does the good go?

JB Vilar, M Christmann, MT Tomicic - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma is a type of brain cancer that remains incurable. Despite
multiple past and ongoing preclinical studies and clinical trials, involving adjuvants to the …

Molecules promoting circulating clusters of cancer cells suggest novel therapeutic targets for treatment of metastatic cancers

JM Rozenberg, AA Buzdin, T Mohammad… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Treatment of metastatic disease remains among the most challenging tasks in oncology.
One of the early events that predicts a poor prognosis and precedes the development of …

Structure-based discovery of MDM2/4 dual inhibitors that exert antitumor activities against MDM4-overexpressing cancer cells

S Zhang, Z Yan, Y Li, Y Gong, X Lyu, J Lou… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite recent clinical progress in peptide-based dual inhibitors of MDM2/4, small-molecule
ones with robust antitumor activities remain challenging. To tackle this issue, 31 (YL93) was …

Discovery of JN122, a Spiroindoline-Containing Molecule that Inhibits MDM2/p53 Protein–Protein Interaction and Exerts Robust In Vivo Antitumor Efficacy

J Cheng, Z Yan, K Jiang, C Liu, D Xu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
MDM2 and MDM4 cooperatively and negatively regulate p53, while this pathway is often
hijacked by cancer cells in favor of their survival. Blocking MDM2/p53 interaction with small …

Development and Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Novel MDM2/MDM4 Heterodimer Peptide Inhibitors to Enhance 5-Fluorouracil Nucleolar Stress in Colorectal …

F Merlino, A Pecoraro, G Longobardi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Colorectal cancer (CRC) often involves wild-type p53 inactivation by MDM2 and MDM4
overexpression, promoting tumor progression and resistance to 5-fluoruracil (5-FU) …

Recent emerging immunological treatments for primary brain tumors: focus on chemokine-targeting immunotherapies

A Ardizzone, R Basilotta, A Filippone, L Crupi, M Lanza… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Primary brain tumors are a leading cause of death worldwide and are characterized by
extraordinary heterogeneity and high invasiveness. Current drug and radiotherapy therapies …