Modes of action of the DNA methyltransferase inhibitors azacytidine and decitabine

C Stresemann, F Lyko - International journal of cancer, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The cytosine analogues 5‐azacytosine (azacytidine) and 2′‐deoxy‐5‐azacytidine
(decitabine) are the currently most advanced drugs for epigenetic cancer therapies. These …

How drugs get into cells: tested and testable predictions to help discriminate between transporter-mediated uptake and lipoidal bilayer diffusion

DB Kell, SG Oliver - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
One approach to experimental science involves creating hypotheses, then testing them by
varying one or more independent variables, and assessing the effects of this variation on the …

Structures of human ENT1 in complex with adenosine reuptake inhibitors

NJ Wright, SY Lee - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (hENT1), a member of the SLC29 family,
plays crucial roles in adenosine signaling, cellular uptake of nucleoside for DNA and RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic signatures for paclitaxel and gemcitabine resistance in breast cancer derived by machine learning

SN Dorman, K Baranova, JHM Knoll, BL Urquhart… - Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasingly, the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy agents for breast cancer has been
related to changes in the genomic profile of tumors. We investigated correspondence …

Nucleoside transporter proteins

M Molina-Arcas, FJ Casado… - Current vascular …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Concentrative nucleoside transporters (CNT; SLC28) and equilibrative nucleoside
transporters (ENT; SLC29) mediate the uptake of natural nucleosides and a variety of …

Nucleoside transporter proteins as biomarkers of drug responsiveness and drug targets

M Pastor-Anglada, S Pérez-Torras - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Nucleoside and nucleobase analogs are currently used in the treatment of solid tumors,
lymphoproliferative diseases, viral infections such as hepatitis and AIDS, and some …

The EMT activator ZEB1 promotes tumor growth and determines differential response to chemotherapy in mantle cell lymphoma

E Sanchez-Tillo, L Fanlo, L Siles… - Cell Death & …, 2014 - nature.com
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a B-cell malignancy characterized by a poor response to
treatment and prognosis. Constitutive activation of different signaling pathways in subsets of …

Nanomedicine in pancreatic cancer: current status and future opportunities for overcoming therapy resistance

MK Greene, MC Johnston, CJ Scott - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite access to a vast arsenal of anticancer agents, many fail to realise
their full therapeutic potential in clinical practice. One key determinant of this is the evolution …

Drug resistance in non-Hodgkin lymphomas

P Klener, M Klanova - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) are lymphoid tumors that arise by a complex process of
malignant transformation of mature lymphocytes during various stages of differentiation. The …

Finding novel pharmaceuticals in the systems biology era using multiple effective drug targets, phenotypic screening and knowledge of transporters: where drug …

DB Kell - The FEBS Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the sequencing of the human genome, the rate of innovative and successful drug
discovery in the pharmaceutical industry has continued to decrease. Leaving aside …