[HTML][HTML] Small molecules in targeted cancer therapy: advances, challenges, and future perspectives

L Zhong, Y Li, L Xiong, W Wang, M Wu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Due to the advantages in efficacy and safety compared with traditional chemotherapy drugs,
targeted therapeutic drugs have become mainstream cancer treatments. Since the first …

[HTML][HTML] BTK inhibitors in the treatment of hematological malignancies and inflammatory diseases: mechanisms and clinical studies

A Alu, H Lei, X Han, Y Wei, X Wei - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is an essential component of multiple signaling pathways that
regulate B cell and myeloid cell proliferation, survival, and functions, making it a promising …

The ascension of targeted covalent inhibitors

J Singh - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Covalent drugs have made a major impact on human health but until recently were shunned
by the pharmaceutical industry over concerns about the potential for toxicity. A resurgence …

Kinase inhibitors: the road ahead

FM Ferguson, NS Gray - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Receptor tyrosine kinase signalling pathways have been successfully targeted to inhibit
proliferation and angiogenesis for cancer therapy. However, kinase deregulation has been …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of BTK inhibitors and mechanisms underlying adverse effects

HY Estupiñán, A Berglöf, R Zain… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The cytoplasmic protein-tyrosine kinase BTK plays an essential role for differentiation and
survival of B-lineage cells and, hence, represents a suitable drug target. The number of BTK …

Discovery of zanubrutinib (BGB-3111), a novel, potent, and selective covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase

Y Guo, YE Liu, N Hu, D Yu, C Zhou, G Shi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Aberrant activation of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) plays an important role in pathogenesis
of B-cell lymphomas, suggesting that inhibition of BTK is useful in the treatment of …

Small-molecule probes from bench to bedside: advancing molecular analysis of drug–target interactions toward precision medicine

S Pan, A Ding, Y Li, Y Sun, Y Zhan, Z Ye… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, remarkable advances have been witnessed in the development of
small-molecule probes. These molecular tools have been widely applied for interrogating …

Acalabrutinib (ACP-196) in relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia

JC Byrd, B Harrington, S O'Brien… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Irreversible inhibition of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) by ibrutinib represents
an important therapeutic advance for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) …

Advances in covalent kinase inhibitors

A Abdeldayem, YS Raouf, SN Constantinescu… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past decade, covalent kinase inhibitors (CKI) have seen a resurgence in drug
discovery. Covalency affords a unique set of advantages as well as challenges relative to …

Targeted protein degradation by PROTACs

TK Neklesa, JD Winkler, CM Crews - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2017 - Elsevier
Targeted protein degradation using the PROTAC technology is emerging as a novel
therapeutic method to address diseases driven by the aberrant expression of a disease …