Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors: A New Class of Potential Therapeutic Agents for Cancer Treatment: Commentary re: V. Sandor et al., Phase I Trial of the Histone Deacetylase …

VM Richon, JP O'Brien - Clinical Cancer Research, 2002 - AACR
HDAC2 inhibitors are members of a new class of agents that modulate the expression of
genes by causing an increase in histone acetylation, thereby regulating chromatin structure …

A review of depsipeptide and other histone deacetylase inhibitors in clinical trials

R Piekarz, S Bates - Current pharmaceutical design, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com
The histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) are a new class of antineoplastic agents currently
being evaluated in clinical trials. While these agents have been studied extensively in the …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: understanding a new wave of anticancer agents

A Villar‐Garea, M Esteller - International journal of cancer, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is as much an epigenetic disease as it is a genetic and cytogenetic disease. The
discovery that drastic changes in DNA methylation and histone modifications are commonly …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: development as cancer therapy

PA Marks, VM Richon, WK Kelly… - Reversible Protein …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors represent a new class of targeted anticancer agents.
A number of structural classes of HDAC inhibitors have been developed of which several …

Inhibitors of histone deacetylase as new anticancer agents

M Jung - Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com
Inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC) are an emerging class of anticancer agents. They
induce hyperacetylation in chromatin usually resulting in activation of certain genes. They …

Phase I trial of the histone deacetylase inhibitor, depsipeptide (FR901228, NSC 630176), in patients with refractory neoplasms

V Sandor, S Bakke, RW Robey, MH Kang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2002 - AACR
Purpose: The primary objectives of this trial were to define the maximum tolerated dose
(MTD) and to characterize the toxicities and pharmacokinetics of depsipeptide (FR901228) …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: discovery and development as anticancer agents

PA Marks, M Dokmanovic - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are a new class of targeted anticancer agents.
Several HDAC inhibitors are in clinical trials and have shown significant activity against a …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors in cancer treatment

DM Vigushin, RC Coombes - Anti-cancer drugs, 2002 - journals.lww.com
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are emerging as an exciting new class of potential
anticancer agents for the treatment of solid and hematological malignancies. In recent years …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors in cancer therapy: new compounds and clinical update of benzamide-type agents

O Moradei, A Vaisburg… - Current topics in medicinal …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors constitute a novel and growing class of anticancer
agents that function by altering intracellular patterns of histone acetylation, the so-called …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: a new wave of molecular targeted anticancer agents

A Budillon, E Di Gennaro, F Bruzzese… - Recent patents on …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Epigenetics as well as post-translational modifications of proteins are emerging as novel
attractive targets for anti-cancer therapy. Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone …