Autophagy and autophagy-related pathways in cancer

J Debnath, N Gammoh, KM Ryan - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Maintenance of protein homeostasis and organelle integrity and function is critical for
cellular homeostasis and cell viability. Autophagy is the principal mechanism that mediates …

Advances in covalent drug discovery

L Boike, NJ Henning, DK Nomura - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Covalent drugs have been used to treat diseases for more than a century, but tools that
facilitate the rational design of covalent drugs have emerged more recently. The purposeful …

[HTML][HTML] Single-Agent Divarasib (GDC-6036) in Solid Tumors with a KRAS G12C Mutation

A Sacher, P LoRusso, MR Patel… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background Divarasib (GDC-6036) is a covalent KRAS G12C inhibitor that was
designed to have high potency and selectivity. Methods In a phase 1 study, we evaluated …

PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue

M Békés, DR Langley, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging therapeutic modality with the potential to
tackle disease-causing proteins that have historically been highly challenging to target with …

Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

Efficacy of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of KrasG12D in Immunocompetent Models of Pancreatic Cancer

SB Kemp, N Cheng, N Markosyan, R Sor, IK Kim… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Mutations in the KRAS oncogene are found in more than 90% of patients with pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), with Gly-to-Asp mutations (KRAS G12D) being the most …

Molecular targeted therapy for anticancer treatment

HY Min, HY Lee - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Since the initial clinical approval in the late 1990s and remarkable anticancer effects for
certain types of cancer, molecular targeted therapy utilizing small molecule agents or …

[HTML][HTML] Turning cold tumors into hot tumors by improving T-cell infiltration

YT Liu, ZJ Sun - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immunotherapy, represented by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), has greatly improved
the clinical efficacy of malignant tumor therapy. ICI-mediated antitumor responses depend …

FDA Approval Summary: Sotorasib for KRAS G12C-Mutated Metastatic NSCLC

EC Nakajima, N Drezner, X Li, PS Mishra-Kalyani… - Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Abstract On May 28, 2021, the FDA granted accelerated approval to sotorasib (Lumakras,
Amgen) for the treatment of adults with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with …

Signaling pathways and defense mechanisms of ferroptosis

J Liu, R Kang, D Tang - The FEBS journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a type of lytic cell death driven by unrestricted lipid peroxidation and subsequent plasma
membrane damage, ferroptosis occurs and develops because of sophisticated signals and …