Tumor microenvironment-driven non-cell-autonomous resistance to antineoplastic treatment

Y Qu, B Dou, H Tan, Y Feng, N Wang, D Wang - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Drug resistance is of great concern in cancer treatment because most effective drugs are
limited by the development of resistance following some periods of therapeutic …

Macrophages in acute myeloid leukaemia: Significant players in therapy resistance and patient outcomes

KE Miari, ML Guzman, H Wheadon… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) is a commonly occurring severe haematological
malignancy, with most patients exhibiting sub-optimal clinical outcomes. Therapy resistance …

AZD4573 is a highly selective CDK9 inhibitor that suppresses MCL-1 and induces apoptosis in hematologic cancer cells

J Cidado, S Boiko, T Proia, D Ferguson… - Clinical cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) is a transcriptional regulator and
potential therapeutic target for many cancers. Multiple nonselective CDK9 inhibitors have …

Stromal bone marrow fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells support acute myeloid leukaemia cells and promote therapy resistance

KE Miari, MTS Williams - British Journal of Pharmacology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The bone marrow (BM) is the primary site of adult haematopoiesis, where stromal elements
(eg fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells [MSCs]) work in concert to support blood cell …

Pairing MCL‐1 inhibition with venetoclax improves therapeutic efficiency of BH3‐mimetics in AML

M Hormi, R Birsen, M Belhadj, T Huynh… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Venetoclax combined with hypomethylating agents is a new therapeutic strategy
frequently used for treating AML patients who are not eligible for conventional …

The CMG helicase and cancer: a tumor “engine” and weakness with missing mutations

S Xiang, DR Reed, MG Alexandrow - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The replicative Cdc45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase is a large protein complex that
functions in the DNA melting and unwinding steps as a component of replisomes during …

[HTML][HTML] Biology-driven approaches to prevent and treat relapse of myeloid neoplasia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

R Zeiser, DW Beelen, W Bethge, M Bornhäuser… - Biology of Blood and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The curative potential of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in the
treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Bone marrow microenvironment: The guardian of leukemia stem cells

M Houshmand, TM Blanco, P Circosta… - World journal of stem …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bone marrow microenvironment (BMM) is the main sanctuary of leukemic stem cells (LSCs)
and protects these cells against conventional therapies. However, it may open up an …

[HTML][HTML] Differential redox-regulation and mitochondrial dynamics in normal and leukemic hematopoietic stem cells: A potential window for leukemia therapy

K Mattes, E Vellenga, H Schepers - Critical Reviews in Oncology …, 2019 - Elsevier
The prognosis for many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor, mainly due to
disease relapse driven by leukemia stem cells (LSCs). Recent studies have highlighted the …