Targeting Myc-driven stress addiction in colorectal cancer

H Saeed, BJ Leibowitz, L Zhang, J Yu - Drug Resistance Updates, 2023 - Elsevier
MYC is a proto-oncogene that encodes a powerful regulator of transcription and cellular
programs essential for normal development, as well as the growth and survival of various …

Beyond cisplatin: New frontiers in metallodrugs for hard-to-treat triple negative breast cancer

N Muhammad, M Hanif, P Yang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive and hard-to-treat form of breast
cancer. TNBC has a higher propensity for earlier relapse and an increased risk of metastasis …

Histone‐lysine N‐methyltransferase EHMT2 (G9a) inhibition mitigates tumorigenicity in Myc‐driven liver cancer

DKH Thng, L Hooi, CCM Toh, JJ Lim… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third deadliest and sixth most common cancer in the
world. Histone‐lysine N‐methyltransferase EHMT2 (also known as G9a) is a histone …

Identification of a Novel Selective CDK9 Inhibitor for the Treatment of CRC: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activity Evaluation

Y Zhong, J Xu, R Zhou, L Tang, S Ding… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is a member of the transcription CDK subfamily. In this
work, we preliminarily demonstrated the feasibility of CDK9 as a potent target of treatment for …

Addressing transcriptional dysregulation in cancer through CDK9 inhibition

MA Toure, AN Koehler - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Undermining transcriptional addiction, the dependence of cancers on selected
transcriptional programs, is critically important for addressing cancers with high unmet …

CDK9 inhibitor induces apoptosis, autophagy, and suppression of tumor growth in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma

N Kato, T Kozako, T Ohsugi, Y Uchida… - Biological and …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a hematopoietic malignancy with a poor prognosis
that develops in approximately 5% of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) carriers …

[HTML][HTML] Bone marrow microenvironment-induced regulation of Bcl-2 family members in multiple myeloma (MM): therapeutic implications

O Aksoy, J Lind, V Sunder-Plaßmann, S Vallet, K Podar - Cytokine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In Multiple Myeloma (MM) the finely tuned homeostasis of the bone marrow (BM)
microenvironment is disrupted. Evasion of programmed cell death (apoptosis) represents a …

Dinaciclib synergizes with BH3 mimetics targeting BCL‐2 and BCL‐XL in multiple myeloma cell lines partially dependent on MCL‐1 and in plasma cells from patients

M Beltrán‐Visiedo, N Jiménez‐Alduán… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A better understanding of multiple myeloma (MM) biology has led to the development of
novel therapies. However, MM is still an incurable disease and new pharmacological …

De novo transcriptome analysis of Dysoxylum binectariferum to unravel the biosynthesis of pharmaceutically relevant specialized metabolites

PM Kumara, E Varun, JR Sanjay… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The tropical tree, D. binectariferum, is a prominent source of chromone alkaloid rohitukine,
which is used in the semi-syntheses of anticancer molecules such as flavopiridol and P-276 …

Targeting Transcriptional Regulation with a CDK9 Inhibitor Suppresses Growth of Endocrine- and Palbociclib-Resistant ER+ Breast Cancers

A Soosainathan, M Iravani, R El-Botty, J Alexander… - Cancer Research, 2024 - AACR
The combination of endocrine therapy and CDK4/6 inhibitors such as palbociclib is an
effective and well-tolerated treatment for estrogen receptor–positive (ER+) breast cancer, yet …