Ca2+ signaling and cell death

N Dhaouadi, VAM Vitto, P Pinton, L Galluzzi, S Marchi - Cell Calcium, 2023 - Elsevier
Multiple forms of regulated cell death (RCD) have been characterized, each of which
originates from the activation of a dedicated molecular machinery. RCD can occur in purely …

PROTACs: Current and Future Potential as a Precision Medicine Strategy to Combat Cancer

KA Rutherford, KJ McManus - Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2024 - AACR
Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTAC) are an emerging precision medicine strategy,
which targets key proteins for proteolytic degradation to ultimately induce cancer cell killing …

BCL-xL targeting to induce apoptosis and to eliminate chemotherapy-induced senescent tumor cells: from navitoclax to platelet-sparing BCL-xL PROTACs

A Skwarska, M Konopleva - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
Restoring apoptotic cell death is a critical goal for cancer therapy. One of the primary
mechanisms by which cancer cells evade death and maintain survival in the face of stress …

Therapeutic strategies targeting cellular senescence for cancer and other diseases

X Wang, T Fukumoto, K Noma - The Journal of Biochemistry, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cellular senescence occurs in response to endogenous or exogenous stresses and is
characterized by stable cell cycle arrest, alterations in nuclear morphology and secretion of …

PROTAC-mediated dual degradation of BCL-xL and BCL-2 is a highly effective therapeutic strategy in small-cell lung cancer

S Khan, L Cao, J Wiegand, P Zhang, M Zajac-Kaye… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
BCL-xL and BCL-2 are validated therapeutic targets in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Targeting these proteins with navitoclax (formerly ABT263, a dual BCL-xL/2 inhibitor) …

Dual targeting Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL augments osteosarcoma response to doxorubicin

C Cao, Y Pei, H Yu, H Qi - Journal of Chemotherapy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Chemotherapy resistance is the major cause of treatment failure in osteosarcoma, the most
common primary bone malignancy, and sensitizing therapeutic strategy is required to …

A conversation with ChatGPT on contentious issues in senescence and cancer research

AM Elshazly, U Shahin, S Al Shboul, DA Gewirtz… - Molecular …, 2024 - ASPET
Artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, such as Generative Pretrained Transformer (ChatGPT),
have achieved a high degree of popularity within the scientific community due to their utility …

Therapy-induced senescence is finally escapable, what is next?

T Saleh - Cell Cycle, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Several breakthrough articles have recently confirmed the ability of tumor cells to escape the
stable cell cycle arrest imposed by Therapy-Induced Senescence (TIS). Subsequently …

Therapy-Related Myeloid Neoplasm: Biology and Mechanistic Aspects of Malignant Progression

S Travaglini, M Marinoni, V Visconte, L Guarnera - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN) arise after a documented history of
chemo/radiotherapy as treatment for an unrelated condition and account for 10–20% of …

Venetoclax synergizes sunitinib in renal cell carcincoma through inhibition of Bcl-2

Y Tang, T Song, L Gao, F Mao - Anti-Cancer Agents in …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Aims: More effective treatment options for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are
needed, in particular advanced RCC. Background: Sunitinib, a multitarget tyrosine kinase …