Extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: first-line and second-line treatment options

J Zugazagoitia, L Paz-Ares - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2022 - ascopubs.org
Extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer is a therapeutically challenging disease. After more
than two decades without clinical progress, the addition of programmed cell death protein 1 …

Targeting transcription factors for cancer treatment

M Lambert, S Jambon, S Depauw… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Transcription factors are involved in a large number of human diseases such as cancers for
which they account for about 20% of all oncogenes identified so far. For long time, with the …

Tuning levels of low-complexity domain interactions to modulate endogenous oncogenic transcription

S Chong, TGW Graham, C Dugast-Darzacq, GM Dailey… - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Gene activation by mammalian transcription factors (TFs) requires multivalent interactions of
their low-complexity domains (LCDs), but how such interactions regulate transcription …

Enriching cancer pharmacology with drugs of marine origin

PC Jimenez, DV Wilke, PC Branco… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Marine natural products have proven, over the last half‐century, to be effective biological
modulators. These molecules have revealed new targets for cancer therapy as well as …

Emerging trends in immunotherapy for pediatric sarcomas

KA Dyson, BD Stover, A Grippin… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
While promising, immunotherapy has yet to be fully unlocked for the preponderance of
cancers where conventional chemoradiation reigns. This remains particularly evident in …

Lurbinectedin: first approval

A Markham - Drugs, 2020 - Springer
The oncogenic transcription inhibitor lurbinectedin (ZEPZELCA™) is being developed by
PharmaMar as a treatment for various cancers. The drug has been granted orphan drug …

Cell Context is the third axis of synergy for the combination of ATR inhibition and cisplatin in Ewing sarcoma

J Jess, KM Sorensen, EA Boguslawski, MC Stout… - Clinical Cancer …, 2024 - AACR
Purpose: The importance of cellular context to the synergy of DNA damage response (DDR)-
targeted agents is important for tumors with mutations in DDR pathways, but less well …

Antitumor activity of lurbinectedin, a selective inhibitor of oncogene transcription, in patients with relapsed Ewing sarcoma: results of a basket phase II study

V Subbiah, I Braña, A Longhi, V Boni, JP Delord… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Purpose: Lurbinectedin suppresses the oncogenic transcription factor EWS-FLI1 through
relocalization to the nucleolus, and delays tumor growth in mice bearing Ewing sarcoma …

[HTML][HTML] Principles and functions of condensate modifying drugs

A Patel, D Mitrea, V Namasivayam… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biomolecular condensates are compartmentalized communities of biomolecules, which
unlike traditional organelles, are not enclosed by membranes. Condensates play roles in …

Targeting the undruggable: exploiting neomorphic features of fusion oncoproteins in childhood sarcomas for innovative therapies

MML Knott, TLB Hölting, S Ohmura, T Kirchner… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2019 - Springer
While sarcomas account for approximately 1% of malignant tumors of adults, they are
particularly more common in children and adolescents affected by cancer. In contrast to …