Bruton's tyrosine kinase: an emerging key player in innate immunity

ANR Weber, Z Bittner, X Liu, TM Dang… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) was initially discovered as a critical mediator of B cell
receptor signaling in the development and functioning of adaptive immunity. Growing …

B cell receptor signaling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

JA Burger, N Chiorazzi - Trends in immunology, 2013 - cell.com
B cell receptor (BCR) signaling plays an important pathogenic role in chronic lymphocytic
leukemia (CLL) and B cell lymphomas, based on structural restrictions of the BCR, and BCR …

Acalabrutinib monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia: updated phase 2 results

JC Byrd, WG Wierda, A Schuh… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Therapeutic targeting of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) has dramatically improved survival
outcomes for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma …

Ibrutinib is an irreversible molecular inhibitor of ITK driving a Th1-selective pressure in T lymphocytes

JA Dubovsky, KA Beckwith, G Natarajan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Given its critical role in T-cell signaling, interleukin-2–inducible kinase (ITK) is an appealing
therapeutic target that can contribute to the pathogenesis of certain infectious, autoimmune …

Umbralisib, a novel PI3Kδ and casein kinase-1ε inhibitor, in relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and lymphoma: an open-label, phase 1, dose …

HA Burris, IW Flinn, MR Patel, TS Fenske… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Umbralisib (TGR-1202) is a novel next-generation inhibitor of
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) isoform p110δ (PI3Kδ), which is structurally distinct …

The microenvironment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and other B cell malignancies: insight into disease biology and new targeted therapies

JA Burger, JG Gribben - Seminars in cancer biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, the active role of the microenvironment in the pathogenesis of B cell
lymphomas has been recognized, delivering signals that favor clonal expansion and drug …

Efficacy and safety of idelalisib in combination with ofatumumab for previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial

JA Jones, T Robak, JR Brown, FT Awan… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Idelalisib, a selective inhibitor of PI3Kδ, is approved for the treatment of patients
with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in combination with rituximab. We aimed …

Zanubrutinib: past, present, and future

CS Tam, JL Muñoz, JF Seymour, S Opat - Blood Cancer Journal, 2023 - nature.com
In recent years, Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors have provided significant advances
in the treatment of patients with B-cell malignancies. Ibrutinib was the first BTK inhibitor to be …

The BTK inhibitor ARQ 531 targets ibrutinib-resistant CLL and Richter transformation

SD Reiff, R Mantel, LL Smith, JT Greene, EM Muhowski… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Targeted inhibition of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) with the irreversible inhibitor ibrutinib has
improved outcomes for patients with hematologic malignancies, including chronic …

MicroRNA-155 influences B-cell receptor signaling and associates with aggressive disease in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

B Cui, L Chen, S Zhang, M Mraz… - Blood, The Journal …, 2014 - ashpublications.org
High-level leukemia cell expression of micro-RNA 155 (miR-155) is associated with more
aggressive disease in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), including those …