Rational combinations of targeted cancer therapies: background, advances and challenges

H Jin, L Wang, R Bernards - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past two decades, elucidation of the genetic defects that underlie cancer has
resulted in a plethora of novel targeted cancer drugs. Although these agents can initially be …

The transcription factor BACH1 at the crossroads of cancer biology: from epithelial–mesenchymal transition to ferroptosis

K Igarashi, H Nishizawa, Y Saiki… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
The progression of cancer involves not only the gradual evolution of cells by mutations in
DNA but also alterations in the gene expression induced by those mutations and input from …

Phosphoproteomics guides effective low-dose drug combinations against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

A Vallés-Martí, G Mantini, P Manoukian, C Waasdorp… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating disease with a limited set of
known driver mutations but considerable cancer cell heterogeneity. Phosphoproteomics …

Deciphering nanoparticle trafficking into glioblastomas uncovers an augmented antitumor effect of metronomic chemotherapy

MJY Ang, J Yoon, M Zhou, HL Wei, YY Goh… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticles have been explored in glioblastomas as they can traverse the blood–brain
barrier and target glioblastoma selectively. However, direct observation of nanoparticle …

Nonmonotone invasion landscape by noise-aware control of metastasis activator levels

Y Wan, J Cohen, M Szenk, KS Farquhar… - Nature Chemical …, 2023 - nature.com
A major pharmacological assumption is that lowering disease-promoting protein levels is
generally beneficial. For example, inhibiting metastasis activator BACH1 is proposed to …

New strategies for targeting kinase networks in cancer

AE Yesilkanal, GL Johnson, AF Ramos… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Targeted strategies against specific driver molecules of cancer have brought about many
advances in cancer treatment since the early success of the first small-molecule inhibitor …

Raf Kinase Inhibitory Protein regulates the cAMP-dependent protein kinase signaling pathway through a positive feedback loop

J Lee, C Olivieri, C Ong… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Raf Kinase Inhibitory Protein (RKIP) maintains cellular robustness and prevents the
progression of diseases such as cancer and heart disease by regulating key kinase …

A systems-level analysis of the mutually antagonistic roles of RKIP and BACH1 in dynamics of cancer cell plasticity

S Shyam, S Ramu, M Sehgal… - Journal of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an important axis of phenotypic plasticity—a
hallmark of cancer metastasis. Raf kinase-B inhibitor protein (RKIP) and BTB and CNC …

The induction of SHP-1 degradation by TAOK3 ensures the responsiveness of T cells to TCR stimulation

A Poirier, JVS Ormonde, I Aubry, BM Abidin… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Thousand-and-one–amino acid kinase 3 (TAOK3) is a serine and threonine kinase that
belongs to the STE-20 family of kinases. Its absence reduces T cell receptor (TCR) signaling …

MiR-4458-loaded gelatin nanospheres target COL11A1 for DDR2/SRC signaling pathway inactivation to suppress the progression of estrogen receptor-positive …

J Liu, CQ Yang, Q Chen, TY Yu, SL Zhang… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
RNA interference is a promising way to treat cancer and the construction of a stable drug
delivery system is critically important for its application. Gelatin nanospheres (GNs) comprise …