Lessons learned from past cyclin-dependent kinase drug discovery efforts

Z Xie, S Hou, X Yang, Y Duan, J Han… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) has become an effective therapeutic strategy
for treating various diseases, especially cancer. Over almost three decades, although great …

Recent developments in the biology and medicinal chemistry of CDK9 inhibitors: an update

T Wu, Z Qin, Y Tian, J Wang, C Xu, Z Li… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9), which regulates transcriptional elongation, is an
attractive therapeutic target for many cancers, especially for cancers driven by transcriptional …

From structure modification to drug launch: A systematic review of the ongoing development of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors for multiple cancer therapy

Z Shi, L Tian, T Qiang, J Li, Y Xing, X Ren… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Herein, we discuss more than 50 cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors that have been
approved or have undergone clinical trials and their therapeutic application in multiple …

A review on flavones targeting serine/threonine protein kinases for potential anticancer drugs

L Zhao, X Yuan, J Wang, Y Feng, F Ji, Z Li… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Protein kinases have been important targets for antitumor targets due to their key roles in
regulating multiple cell signaling pathways. Numerous compounds containing flavonoid …

Analyzing the scaffold diversity of cyclin‐dependent kinase inhibitors and revisiting the clinical and preclinical pipeline

D Bhurta, SB Bharate - Medicinal Research Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Kinases have gained an important place in the list of vital therapeutic targets because of
their overwhelming clinical success in the last two decades. Among various clinically …

A rohitukine derivative IIIM‐290 induces p53 dependent mitochondrial apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

M Mintoo, S Khan, A Wani, S Malik… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rohitukine, a chromone alkaloid extracted from Dysoxylum binectariferum, has a propitious
anticancer activity. Our previous study shows that a new Rohitukine derivative IIIM‐290 …

A comprehensive insight on the recent development of cyclic dependent kinase inhibitors as anticancer agents

BN Marak, J Dowarah, L Khiangte, VP Singh - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the major leading causes of death worldwide despite many breakthroughs
in the development of novel anticancer drugs. The heterodimer CDK-Cyclin complex plays …

Discovery of coumarin derivatives as potent and selective cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) inhibitors with high antitumour activity

J Xu, H Li, X Wang, J Huang, S Li, C Liu, R Dong… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Specific inhibition of CDK9 is considered a promising strategy for developing effective
anticancer therapeutics. However, most of the reported CDK9 inhibitors are still at an early …

Styryl group, a friend or foe in medicinal chemistry

D Bhurta, SB Bharate - ChemMedChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The styryl (Ph‐CH= CH‐R) group is widely represented in medicinally important
compounds, including drugs, clinical candidates, and molecular probes as it positively …

CDK9 inhibitors in cancer research

Z Huang, T Wang, C Wang, Y Fan - RSC Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclin dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) plays an essential role in regulating transcriptional
elongation. Aberrations in CDK9 activity have been observed in various cancers, which …