The synthetic lethality of targeting cell cycle checkpoints and PARPs in cancer treatment

S Li, L Wang, Y Wang, C Zhang, Z Hong… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Continuous cell division is a hallmark of cancer, and the underlying mechanism is tumor
genomics instability. Cell cycle checkpoints are critical for enabling an orderly cell cycle and …

PARP inhibitors as single agents and in combination therapy: the most promising treatment strategies in clinical trials for BRCA-mutant ovarian and triple-negative …

L Luo, K Keyomarsi - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPis) are an exciting class of
agents that have shown efficacy, particularly for BRCA-mutant triple-negative breast cancer …

Safety, antitumor activity, and biomarker analysis in a phase I trial of the once-daily Wee1 inhibitor adavosertib (AZD1775) in patients with advanced solid tumors

N Takebe, AR Naqash, G O'Sullivan Coyne… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: The Wee1 kinase inhibitor adavosertib abrogates cell-cycle arrest,
leading to cell death. Prior testing of twice-daily adavosertib in patients with advanced solid …

PARP inhibitor resistance mechanisms and implications for post-progression combination therapies

EK Lee, UA Matulonis - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The use of PARP inhibitors (PARPi) is growing widely as FDA approvals have shifted its use
from the recurrence setting to the frontline setting. In parallel, the population developing …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical development of WEE1 inhibitors in gynecological cancers: A systematic review

T Schutte, A Embaby, N Steeghs… - Cancer treatment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction The anti-tumor activity of WEE1 inhibitors (WEE1i) in gynecological
malignancies has recently been demonstrated in clinical trials and its rationale is based on …

A phase ib study Assessing the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the first-in-class WEE1 inhibitor adavosertib (AZD1775) as monotherapy in patients with advanced …

TM Bauer, KN Moore, JS Rader, F Simpkins, AC Mita… - Targeted …, 2023 - Springer
Background Adavosertib (AZD1775) is a first-in-class, selective, small-molecule inhibitor of
Wee1. Objective The safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of adavosertib …

DNA damage response alterations in ovarian cancer: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities

M Ovejero-Sanchez, R Gonzalez-Sarmiento… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The DNA damage response (DDR) is frequently altered in ovarian cancer
(OC), which can be exploited for therapeutic purposes. Moreover, targeting DDR signaling …

Novel therapeutic combinations with PARP inhibitors for small cell lung cancer: A bench-to-bedside review

J Xiong, R Barayan, AV Louie, BH Lok - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is treated as a monolithic disease despite the evident intra-
and intertumoral heterogeneity. Non-specific DNA-damaging agents have remained the first …

[HTML][HTML] PARP inhibitors for small cell lung cancer and their potential for integration into current treatment approaches

R Barayan, X Ran, BH Lok - Journal of thoracic disease, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a very aggressive, highly lethal, neuroendocrine tumor that
constitutes 15% of all lung cancer cases. It is characterized by its rapid disease progression …

Poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase inhibitors in pancreatic cancer: a new treatment paradigms and future implications

M Gupta, R Iyer, C Fountzilas - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive malignancy. Most of the
patients of PDAC present at later stages of disease and have a five-year survival rate of less …