An overview of spirooxindole as a promising scaffold for novel drug discovery

LM Zhou, RY Qu, GF Yang - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Spirooxindole, a unique and versatile scaffold, has been widely studied in
some fields such as pharmaceutical chemistry and synthetic chemistry. Especially in the …

[HTML][HTML] Keep calm and carry on with extra centrosomes

BM Kalkan, SC Ozcan, NJ Quintyne, SL Reed, C Acilan - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Precise chromosome segregation during mitosis is a vital event
orchestrated by formation of bipolar spindle poles. Supernumerary centrosomes, caused by …

[PDF][PDF] CRISPR activation screening in a mouse model for drivers of hepatocellular carcinoma growth and metastasis

B Zhang, Z Ren, H Zheng, M Lin, G Chen, OJ Luo… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a major cause of cancer-related mortality
worldwide. Here we described a genome-wide screen by CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) …

Novel indazole derivatives as potent apoptotic antiproliferative agents by multi-targeted mechanism: Synthesis and biological evaluation

FOA Frejat, H Zhai, Y Cao, L Wang, YA Mostafa… - Bioorganic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indazole is a significant class of heterocyclic compounds with a wide range of biological
activity. We display here the synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel series of indazole …

Hypoxia drives centrosome amplification in cancer cells via HIF1α-dependent induction of polo-like kinase 4

K Mittal, J Kaur, S Sharma, N Sharma, G Wei… - Molecular Cancer …, 2022 - AACR
Centrosome amplification (CA) has been implicated in the progression of various cancer
types. Although studies have shown that overexpression of PLK4 promotes CA, the effect of …

Recent progress in agents targeting polo-like kinases: Promising therapeutic strategies

Z Zhang, X Xing, P Guan, S Song, G You, C Xia… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polo-like kinases (PLKs) play important roles in regulating multiple aspects of cell cycle and
cell proliferation. In many cancer types, PLK family members are often dysregulated, which …

Structure-based discovery of 1-(3-fluoro-5-(5-(3-(methylsulfonyl) phenyl)-1H-pyrazolo [3, 4-b] pyridin-3-yl) phenyl)-3-(pyrimidin-5-yl) urea as a potent and selective …

Y Sun, L Wang, Y Sun, J Wang, Y Xue, T Wu… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) is a serine/threonine protein kinase involved in regulating
cell mitosis and centriole duplication, and has emerged as a therapeutic target for treating …

Discovery of the First Potent, Selective, and In Vivo Efficacious Polo-like Kinase 4 Proteolysis Targeting Chimera Degrader for the Treatment of TRIM37-Amplified …

Y Sun, Y Xue, P Sun, S Mu, H Liu, Y Sun… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) is a master regulator of centriole replication and has been
proposed as a therapeutic target for multiple cancers, especially TRIM37-amplified breast …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel pyrazolo [3, 4-d] pyrimidine derivatives as potent PLK4 inhibitors for the treatment of TRIM37-amplified breast …

Y Sun, Y Sun, L Wang, T Wu, W Yin, J Wang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Serine/threonine-protein kinase polo-like kinase 4 (PLK4) is a mitosis-associated protein
kinase that plays a vital role in the duplication of centrioles in dividing cells and is …

Radiotherapy and radiosensitization in breast cancer: Molecular targets and clinical applications

V Bhat, S Pellizzari, AL Allan, E Wong, M Lock… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Relatively poor survival outcomes are observed in advanced or metastatic breast cancer,
where local control of the primary or metastatic disease may be achieved by surgical …