Cell cycle control in cancer

HK Matthews, C Bertoli, RAM de Bruin - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer is a group of diseases in which cells divide continuously and excessively. Cell
division is tightly regulated by multiple evolutionarily conserved cell cycle control …

Targeting CDK4 and CDK6 in cancer

S Goel, JS Bergholz, JJ Zhao - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 are critical mediators of cellular
transition into S phase and are important for the initiation, growth and survival of many …

[HTML][HTML] CDK inhibitors in cancer therapy, an overview of recent development

M Zhang, L Zhang, R Hei, X Li, H Cai… - American journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Dysregulated cell division, which leads to aberrant cell proliferation, is one of the key
hallmarks of cancer. Therefore, therapeutic targets that block cell division would be effective …

Breast cancer treatments: updates and new challenges

A Burguin, C Diorio, F Durocher - Journal of personalized medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. This
heterogeneous disease can be classified into four molecular subtypes (luminal A, luminal B …

Small molecule kinase inhibitor drugs (1995–2021): medical indication, pharmacology, and synthesis

CC Ayala-Aguilera, T Valero… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The central role of dysregulated kinase activity in the etiology of progressive disorders,
including cancer, has fostered incremental efforts on drug discovery programs over the past …

Inhibiting CDK4/6 in breast cancer with palbociclib, ribociclib, and abemaciclib: similarities and differences

CL Braal, EM Jongbloed, SM Wilting, RHJ Mathijssen… - Drugs, 2021 - Springer
The cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitors belong to a new class of drugs that
interrupt proliferation of malignant cells by inhibiting progression through the cell cycle …

CDK4 and CDK6 kinases: From basic science to cancer therapy

A Fassl, Y Geng, P Sicinski - Science, 2022 - science.org
BACKGROUND Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) drive cell division. Of
particular importance to the cancer field are D-cyclins, which activate CDK4 and CDK6. In …

[HTML][HTML] Ribociclib plus fulvestrant for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative advanced breast …

DJ Slamon, P Neven, S Chia, G Jerusalem… - Annals of oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Ribociclib plus fulvestrant demonstrated significant progression-free survival
(PFS) and overall survival (OS) benefits in patients with hormone receptor-positive, human …

Efficient targeted insertion of large DNA fragments without DNA donors

J Wang, Z He, G Wang, R Zhang, J Duan, P Gao… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted insertion of large DNA fragments holds great potential for treating genetic
diseases. Prime editors can effectively insert short fragments (~ 44 bp) but not large ones …

PROTACs: an emerging therapeutic modality in precision medicine

DA Nalawansha, CM Crews - Cell chemical biology, 2020 - cell.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as an exciting new era in chemical
biology and drug discovery. PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) technology targets …