Targeting PI3K/Akt signal transduction for cancer therapy

Y He, MM Sun, GG Zhang, J Yang, KS Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway plays a crucial role in various
cellular processes and is aberrantly activated in cancers, contributing to the occurrence and …

Small-molecule inhibitors, immune checkpoint inhibitors, and more: FDA-approved novel therapeutic drugs for solid tumors from 1991 to 2021

Q Wu, W Qian, X Sun, S Jiang - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has always been a
forerunner in drug evaluation and supervision. Over the past 31 years, 1050 drugs …

PI3K inhibitors are finally coming of age

B Vanhaesebroeck, MWD Perry, JR Brown… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Overactive phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) in cancer and immune dysregulation
has spurred extensive efforts to develop therapeutic PI3K inhibitors. Although progress has …

Breast cancer treatments: updates and new challenges

A Burguin, C Diorio, F Durocher - Journal of personalized medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. This
heterogeneous disease can be classified into four molecular subtypes (luminal A, luminal B …

Signaling pathways and therapeutic interventions in gastric cancer

ZN Lei, QX Teng, Q Tian, W Chen, Y Xie… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Gastric cancer (GC) ranks fifth in global cancer diagnosis and fourth in cancer-related death.
Despite tremendous progress in diagnosis and therapeutic strategies and significant …

EGFR in cancer: Signaling mechanisms, drugs, and acquired resistance

ML Uribe, I Marrocco, Y Yarden - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Growth factors are hormone-like molecules able to promote division and
migration of normal cells, but cancer captured the underlying mechanisms to unleash tumor …

Antibody–drug conjugates: a comprehensive review

P Khongorzul, CJ Ling, FU Khan, AU Ihsan… - Molecular Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Antibody–drug conjugates (ADC) are one of the fastest growing anticancer drugs. This
approach comprises a mAb conjugated to the cytotoxic payload via a chemical linker that …

HER2-positive breast cancer and tyrosine kinase inhibitors: the time is now

I Schlam, SM Swain - NPJ breast cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer accounts for 20–
25% of all breast cancers. Multiple HER2-targeted therapies have been developed over the …

Antitumour immunity regulated by aberrant ERBB family signalling

S Kumagai, S Koyama, H Nishikawa - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Aberrant signalling of ERBB family members plays an important role in tumorigenesis and in
the escape from antitumour immunity in multiple malignancies. Molecular-targeted agents …

Circulating tumor DNA-guided treatment with pertuzumab plus trastuzumab for HER2-amplified metastatic colorectal cancer: a phase 2 trial

Y Nakamura, W Okamoto, T Kato, T Esaki, K Kato… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The applicability of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) genotyping to inform enrollment of
patients with cancer in clinical trials has not been established. We conducted a phase 2 trial …