[HTML][HTML] Targeting BCL-2 in cancer: advances, challenges, and perspectives

S Hafezi, M Rahmani - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Apoptosis, a programmed form of cell death, represents the main
mechanism by which cells die. Such phenomenon is highly regulated by the BCL-2 family of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the intrinsic apoptosis pathway: a window of opportunity for prostate cancer

D Westaby, JM Jimenez-Vacas, A Padilha, A Varkaris… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Prostate cancer treatment has improved over the last 20 years; despite
this, approximately 33,000 men died from the disease in the United States in 2020. In view of …

KDM5 inhibition offers a novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of KMT2D mutant lymphomas

J Heward, L Koniali, A D'Avola, K Close… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Loss-of-function mutations in KMT2D are a striking feature of germinal center (GC)
lymphomas, resulting in decreased histone 3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation and altered gene …

Pharmacologic Targeting of Mcl-1 Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Apoptosis in B-Cell Lymphoma Cells in a TP53- and BAX-Dependent Manner

T Liu, V Lam, E Thieme, D Sun, X Wang, F Xu… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Bcl-2 has been effectively targeted in lymphoid malignancies. However, resistance
is inevitable, and novel approaches to target mitochondrial apoptosis are necessary …

Homoharringtonine inhibits melanoma cells proliferation in vitro and vivo by inducing DNA damage, apoptosis, and G2/M cell cycle arrest

J Tang, G Li, T Zhang, Y Du, S Huang, J Ran… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
Homoharringtonine (HHT), an approved anti-leukemic alkaloid, has been reported
effectively in many types of tumor cells. However, its effect on melanoma cells has not been …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting eIF4F translation initiation complex with SBI-756 sensitises B lymphoma cells to venetoclax

L Herzog, B Walters, R Buono, JS Lee, S Mallya… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background The BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax has shown efficacy in several hematologic
malignancies, with the greatest response rates in indolent blood cancers such as chronic …

[HTML][HTML] BH3 mimetics in hematologic malignancies

P Klener, D Sovilj, N Renesova, L Andera - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hematologic malignancies (HM) comprise diverse cancers of lymphoid and myeloid origin,
including lymphomas (approx. 40%), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL, approx. 15%) …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic events inhibiting apoptosis in diffuse large B cell lymphoma

E Leveille, NA Johnson - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-
Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Despite the genetic heterogeneity of the disease, most patients …

[HTML][HTML] The basic research of the combinatorial therapy of ABT-199 and homoharringtonine on acute myeloid leukemia

Y Shi, J Ye, Y Yang, Y Zhao, H Shen, X Ye… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Existing research shows that ABT-199, as a first-line drug, have been widely
used in hematological malignancies, especially in leukemia, but the clinical efficacy of single …

[HTML][HTML] Apoptotic blocks in primary non-Hodgkin B cell lymphomas identified by BH3 profiling

RN Rys, CM Wever, D Geoffrion, C Goncalves… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The BCL2 protein is expressed in many non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs)
as well as associated leukemias, eg, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). It functions as a …