Treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer: current status and future perspectives

CL Arteaga, MX Sliwkowski, CK Osborne… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2012 - nature.com
The advent of HER2-directed therapies has significantly improved the outlook for patients
with HER2-positive early stage breast cancer. However, a significant proportion of these …

Novel ADCs and strategies to overcome resistance to anti-HER2 ADCs

E Díaz-Rodríguez, L Gandullo-Sánchez, A Ocaña… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A proportion of breast tumors bear the oncogenic transmembrane tyrosine
kinase protein HER2. Even though therapies that target HER2 have changed the prognosis …

Targeting the molecular chaperone heat shock protein 90 (HSP90): lessons learned and future directions

DS Hong, U Banerji, B Tavana, GC George… - Cancer treatment …, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to the critical role of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) in regulating the stability, activity
and intracellular sorting of its client proteins involved in multiple oncogenic processes …

Enhancing the efficiency of mild-temperature photothermal therapy for cancer assisting with various strategies

P Wang, B Chen, Y Zhan, L Wang, J Luo, J Xu, L Zhan… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conventional photothermal therapy (PTT) irradiates the tumor tissues by elevating the
temperature above 48° C to exert thermal ablation, killing tumor cells. However, thermal …

From natural sources to synthetic derivatives: The allyl motif as a powerful tool for fragment-based design in cancer treatment

N Astrain-Redin, C Sanmartin… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Since the beginning of history, natural products have been an abundant source of bioactive
molecules for the treatment of different diseases, including cancer. Many allyl derivatives …

Trastuzumab emtansine: mechanisms of action and resistance, clinical progress, and beyond

S García-Alonso, A Ocaña, A Pandiella - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
The approval of ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) for clinical use represented a turning
point both in HER2-positive breast cancer treatment and antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) …

Heat shock protein 90: inhibitors in clinical trials

MA Biamonte, R Van de Water, JW Arndt… - Journal of medicinal …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The function of the heat shock proteins (HSPsa) is to fold and maintain the proper
conformation of other proteins, referred to as “clients”. HSPs are therefore molecular …

Adaptation to oxidative stress, chemoresistance, and cell survival

M Landriscina, F Maddalena, G Laudiero… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2009 - liebertpub.com
The discovery of some additional properties and functions of reactive oxygen species (ROS),
beyond their toxic effects, provides a novel scenario for the molecular basis and cell …

Amplification and high-level expression of heat shock protein 90 marks aggressive phenotypes of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative breast cancer

Q Cheng, JT Chang, J Geradts, LM Neckers… - Breast cancer …, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Although human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive or estrogen
receptor (ER) positive breast cancers are treated with clinically validated anti-HER2 or anti …

Spotlight on 17‐AAG as an Hsp90 inhibitor for molecular targeted cancer treatment

S Talaei, H Mellatyar, A Asadi… - Chemical biology & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hsp90 is a ubiquitous chaperone with important roles in the organization and maturation of
client proteins that are involved in the progression and survival of cancer cells. Multiple …