Poly-pharmacology of existing drugs: How to crack the code?

B Mouysset, M Le Grand, L Camoin, E Pasquier - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Drug development in oncology is highly challenging, with less than 5% success rate in
clinical trials. This alarming figure points out the need to study in more details the multiple …

Preclinical Anticipation of On-and Off-Target Resistance Mechanisms to Anti-Cancer Drugs: A Systematic Review

PJ Dziubańska-Kusibab, E Nevedomskaya… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The advent of targeted therapies has led to tremendous improvements in treatment options
and their outcomes in the field of oncology. Yet, many cancers outsmart precision drugs by …

[HTML][HTML] New mechanisms of multidrug resistance: An introduction to the Cancer Drug Resistance special collection

MM Gottesman, RW Robey… - Cancer Drug Resistance, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Cancer Drug Resistance publishes contributions to understanding the biology and
consequences of mechanisms that interfere with successful treatment of cancer. Since …

PIK your poison: the effects of combining PI3K and CDK inhibitors against metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in vitro

JR Perry, B Genenger, AS Thind, B Ashford, M Ranson - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a very common skin
cancer with poor prognosis for patients with advanced disease. PI3K/AKT/mTOR and cell …

Developing pioneering pharmacological strategies with CRISPR/Cas9 library screening to overcome cancer drug resistance

Y He, H Li, X Ju, B Gong - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer drug resistance is a major obstacle to the effectiveness of chemoradiotherapy,
targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. CRISPR/Cas9 library screening has emerged as a …

[HTML][HTML] The power and the promise of synthetic lethality for clinical application in cancer treatment

QW Liu, ZW Yang, QH Tang, WE Wang, DS Chu… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Synthetic lethality is a phenomenon wherein the simultaneous deficiency of two or more
genes results in cell death, while the deficiency of any individual gene does not lead to cell …

From pre-clinical to translational brain metastasis research: current challenges and emerging opportunities

E Aleksandrovic, S Zhang, D Yu - Clinical & Experimental Metastasis, 2024 - Springer
Brain metastasis, characterized by poor clinical outcomes, is a devastating disease. Despite
significant mechanistic and therapeutic advances in recent years, pivotal improvements in …

[HTML][HTML] A whole-genome CRISPR screen identifies the spindle accessory checkpoint as a locus of nab-paclitaxel resistance in pancreatic cancer cells

P Mondal, G Alyateem, AV Mitchell, MM Gottesman - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is one of the most aggressive and lethal forms of cancer.
Chemotherapy is the primary treatment for pancreatic cancer, but resistance to the drugs …

[HTML][HTML] The Evolution of CRISPR-Cas9 Systems

CC Lipsey - Evolution, 2024 - aapsnewsmagazine.org
It is well known that scientists revel in using their skills to resolve problems and move
technology forward. A stellar example of this concept is the evolution of CRISPR technology …