Tyrosine kinase inhibitors for glioblastoma multiforme: challenges and opportunities for drug delivery

HK Brar, J Jose, Z Wu, M Sharma - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor with high mortality rates. Due to
its invasiveness, heterogeneity, and incomplete resection, the treatment is very challenging …

MERTK in cancer therapy: Targeting the receptor tyrosine kinase in tumor cells and the immune system

JM Huelse, DM Fridlyand, S Earp, D DeRyckere… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The receptor tyrosine kinase MERTK is aberrantly expressed in numerous human
malignancies, and is a novel target in cancer therapeutics. Physiologic roles of MERTK …

A cancer drug atlas enables synergistic targeting of independent drug vulnerabilities

RS Narayan, P Molenaar, J Teng… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Personalized cancer treatments using combinations of drugs with a synergistic effect is
attractive but proves to be highly challenging. Here we present an approach to uncover the …

Three-dimensional microscale hanging drop arrays with geometric control for drug screening and live tissue imaging

A Ganguli, A Mostafa, C Saavedra, Y Kim, P Le… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Existing three-dimensional (3D) culture techniques are limited by trade-offs between
throughput, capacity for high-resolution imaging in living state, and geometric control. Here …

Consensus molecular subtype 4 (CMS4)-targeted therapy in primary colon cancer: a proof-of-concept study

NA Peters, A Constantinides, I Ubink, J van Kuik… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Mesenchymal Consensus Molecular Subtype 4 (CMS4) colon cancer is
associated with poor prognosis and therapy resistance. In this proof-of-concept study, we …

Role and therapeutic targeting of the HGF/MET pathway in glioblastoma

N Cruickshanks, Y Zhang, F Yuan, M Pahuski, M Gibert… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lethal brain tumor with dismal prognosis. Current therapeutic
options, consisting of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, have only served to marginally …

RNF138-mediated ubiquitination of rpS3 is required for resistance of glioblastoma cells to radiation-induced apoptosis

W Kim, HS Youn, S Lee, EG Kim, D Kim… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2018 - nature.com
An interaction between ribosomal protein S3 (rpS3) and nuclear factor kappa B or
macrophage migration inhibitory factor in non-small-cell lung cancer is responsible for …

Discovery and therapeutic exploitation of mechanisms of resistance to MET inhibitors in glioblastoma

N Cruickshanks, Y Zhang, S Hine, M Gibert… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and most lethal primary malignant brain
tumor. The receptor tyrosine kinase MET is frequently upregulated or overactivated in GBM …

Combined crizotinib and endocrine drugs inhibit proliferation, migration, and colony formation of breast cancer cells via downregulation of MET and estrogen receptor

NM Ayoub, AE Alkhalifa, DR Ibrahim, A Alhusban - Medical Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Hormone-dependent breast cancer is the most abundant molecular subtype of the disease.
Despite the availability of endocrine treatments, the use of these drugs is limited by their …

Cyanine Dye Conjugation Enhances Crizotinib Localization to Intracranial Tumors, Attenuating NF-κB-Inducing Kinase Activity and Glioma Progression

KM Pflug, DW Lee, A Tripathi, VA Bankaitis… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive form of brain cancer with a poor prognosis and
limited treatment options. The ALK and c-MET inhibitor Crizotinib has demonstrated …