Mechanisms of BCL-2 family proteins in mitochondrial apoptosis

PE Czabotar, AJ Garcia-Saez - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
The proteins of the BCL-2 family are key regulators of mitochondrial apoptosis, acting as
either promoters or inhibitors of cell death. The functional interplay and balance between the …

The manipulation of apoptosis for cancer therapy using BH3-mimetic drugs

ST Diepstraten, MA Anderson, PE Czabotar… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is regulated by the balance between
prosurvival and proapoptotic BCL-2 protein family members. Evasion of apoptosis is a …

Payload diversification: a key step in the development of antibody–drug conjugates

L Conilh, L Sadilkova, W Viricel, C Dumontet - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs) is a fast moving class of targeted biotherapeutics that
currently combines the selectivity of monoclonal antibodies with the potency of a payload …

Targeting apoptosis in cancer therapy

BA Carneiro, WS El-Deiry - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
For over three decades, a mainstay and goal of clinical oncology has been the development
of therapies promoting the effective elimination of cancer cells by apoptosis. This …

BCL-2 family isoforms in apoptosis and cancer

CFA Warren, MW Wong-Brown, NA Bowden - Cell death & disease, 2019 - nature.com
The BCl-2 family has long been identified for its role in apoptosis. Following the initial
discovery of BCL-2 in the context of B-cell lymphoma in the 1980s, a number of homologous …

The interplay between apoptosis and cellular senescence: Bcl-2 family proteins as targets for cancer therapy

A Basu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell death by apoptosis and permanent cell cycle arrest by senescence serve as barriers to
the development of cancer. Chemotherapeutic agents not only induce apoptosis, they can …

From basic apoptosis discoveries to advanced selective BCL-2 family inhibitors

A Ashkenazi, WJ Fairbrother, JD Leverson… - Nature reviews drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Members of the B cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) gene family have a central role in regulating
programmed cell death by controlling pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic intracellular signals …

The BCL-2 arbiters of apoptosis and their growing role as cancer targets

JM Adams, S Cory - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2018 - nature.com
Impaired apoptosis plays a central role in cancer development and limits the efficacy of
conventional cytotoxic therapies. Deepening understanding of how opposing factions of the …

Potential inhibitors of coronavirus 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro): an in silico screening of alkaloids and terpenoids from African medicinal plants

GA Gyebi, OB Ogunro, AP Adegunloye… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-COV-2 has raised
myriad of global concerns. There is currently no FDA approved antiviral strategy to alleviate …

Clearance of senescent cells by ABT263 rejuvenates aged hematopoietic stem cells in mice

J Chang, Y Wang, L Shao, RM Laberge, M Demaria… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Senescent cells (SCs) accumulate with age and after genotoxic stress, such as total-body
irradiation (TBI),,,,,. Clearance of SCs in a progeroid mouse model using a transgenic …