Targeting cyclin-dependent kinases in human cancers: from small molecules to peptide inhibitors

M Peyressatre, C Prével, M Pellerano, MC Morris - Cancers, 2015 - mdpi.com
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK/Cyclins) form a family of heterodimeric kinases that play
central roles in regulation of cell cycle progression, transcription and other major biological …

The cell cycle: a review of regulation, deregulation and therapeutic targets in cancer

K Vermeulen, DR Van Bockstaele… - Cell …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The cell cycle is controlled by numerous mechanisms ensuring correct cell division. This
review will focus on these mechanisms, ie regulation of cyclin‐dependent kinases (CDK) by …

Paullones, a series of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors: synthesis, evaluation of CDK1/cyclin B inhibition, and in vitro antitumor activity

C Schultz, A Link, M Leost, DW Zaharevitz… - Journal of medicinal …, 1999 - ACS Publications
The paullones represent a novel class of small molecule cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)
inhibitors. To investigate structure− activity relationships and to develop paullones with …

Linkage of curcumin-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21/WAF1/CIP1

RK Srivastava, Q Chen, I Siddiqui, K Sarva, S Shankar - Cell Cycle, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
We have recently shown that curcumin induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells through
Bax translocation to mitochondria and caspase activation, and enhances the therapeutic …

Development of newly synthesised quinazolinone-based CDK2 inhibitors with potent efficacy against melanoma

ER Mohammed, GF Elmasry - Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Inhibiting Cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) has been established as a therapeutic strategy
for the treatment of many cancers. Accordingly, this study aimed at developing a new set of …

The mitotic machinery as a source of genetic instability in cancer

GA Pihan, SJ Doxsey - Seminars in cancer biology, 1999 - Elsevier
Development and growth of all organisms involves the faithful reproduction of cells and
requires that the genome be accurately replicated and equally partitioned between two …

Programmed cell death protein 4 suppresses CDK1/cdc2 via induction of p21Waf1/Cip1

R Goke, P Barth, A Schmidt… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
We show that the recently discovered tumor suppressor pdcd4 represses the transcription of
the mitosis-promoting factor cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 1/cdc2 via upregulation of …

Discovering novel chemotherapeutic drugs for the third millennium

MD Garrett, P Workman - European Journal of Cancer, 1999 - Elsevier
There is enormous potential for the discovery of innovative cancer drugs with improved
efficacy and selectivity for the third millennium. In this review we show how novel …

CDK inhibition and cancer therapy

MD Garrett, A Fattaey - Current opinion in genetics & development, 1999 - Elsevier
The cell-division cycle is a tightly controlled process that is regulated by the cyclin/CDK
family of protein kinase complexes. Stringent control of this process is essential to ensure …

2-Anilino-4-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl) pyrimidine-derived CDK2 inhibitors as anticancer agents: Design, synthesis & evaluation

BS Fanta, L Mekonnen, SKC Basnet, T Teo… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Deregulation of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) and its activating partners, cyclins A and
E, is associated with the pathogenesis of a myriad of human cancers and with resistance to …