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 …

Role of PRAS40 in Akt and mTOR signaling in health and disease

C Wiza, EBM Nascimento… - American Journal of …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
The proline-rich Akt substrate of 40 kDa (PRAS40) acts at the intersection of the Akt-and
mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-mediated signaling pathways. The protein kinase …

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 as a target for cancer therapy

AL Merkel, E Meggers, M Ocker - Expert opinion on investigational …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Inhibition of protein kinases has become a standard of modern clinical
oncology. PIM1 belongs to a novel class of serine/threonine kinases with distinct molecular …

Targeting PIM kinases to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy

AN Clements, NA Warfel - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Proviral Integration site for Moloney murine leukemia virus (PIM) kinases is a family of
serine/threonine kinases that regulates numerous signaling networks that promote cell …

Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 2 protects the heart from ischemic damage

M Völkers, MH Konstandin, S Doroudgar, H Toko… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) comprises 2 structurally distinct
multiprotein complexes, mTOR complexes 1 and 2 (mTORC1 and mTORC2). Deregulation …

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 …

Long non‑coding RNA GAS5 increases the radiosensitivity of A549 cells through interaction with the miR‑21/PTEN/Akt axis

L Chen, P Ren, Y Zhang, B Gong… - Oncology …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Radioresistance hinders the therapeutic outcomes of radiotherapy in non‑small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC). Although long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been demonstrated to …

PIM kinase inhibitor AZD1208 for treatment of MYC-driven prostate cancer

AN Kirschner, J Wang, R Van Der Meer… - Journal of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: PIM1 kinase is coexpressed with c-MYC in human prostate cancers (PCs) and
dramatically enhances c-MYC-induced tumorigenicity. Here we examine the effects of a …

Downregulation of ubiquitin inhibits the proliferation and radioresistance of non-small cell lung cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

Y Tang, Y Geng, J Luo, W Shen, W Zhu, C Meng, M Li… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Radioresistance has been an important factor in restricting efficacy of radiotherapy for non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and new approaches to inhibit cancer growth and …