T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a roadmap to targeted therapies

V Cordo', JCG van der Zwet, K Canté-Barrett… - Blood cancer …, 2021 - AACR
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive hematologic malignancy
characterized by aberrant proliferation of immature thymocytes. Despite an overall survival …

Prodrugs for improved drug delivery: lessons learned from recently developed and marketed products

M Markovic, S Ben-Shabat, A Dahan - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Prodrugs are bioreversible, inactive drug derivatives, which have the ability to convert into a
parent drug in the body. In the past, prodrugs were used as a last option; however …

A positive feedback loop of AKR1C3-mediated activation of NF-κB and STAT3 facilitates proliferation and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Q Zhou, W Tian, Z Jiang, T Huang, C Ge, T Liu, F Zhao… - Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
AKR1C3 is an enzyme belonging to the aldo-ketoreductase family, the members of which
catalyze redox transformations involved in biosynthesis, intermediary metabolism, and …

Overview of AKR1C3: inhibitor achievements and disease insights

Y Liu, S He, Y Chen, Y Liu, F Feng, W Liu… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Human aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C3 (AKR1C3) is known as a hormone activity
regulator and prostaglandin F (PGF) synthase that regulates the occupancy of hormone …

[HTML][HTML] Daratumumab with or without chemotherapy in relapsed and refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A retrospective observational Campus ALL study

M Cerrano, M Bonifacio, M Olivi, A Curti… - …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
* Disease status and patients' characteristics evaluated at the time of starting daratumumab
therapy. Includes the patient in complete remission with isolated measurable residual …

Development of highly potent and specific AKR1C3 inhibitors to restore the chemosensitivity of drug-resistant breast cancer

Y Liu, Y Chen, J Jiang, X Chu, Q Guo, L Zhao… - European journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Aldo-keto reductase 1C3 (AKR1C3) is overexpressed in multiple hormone related
cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer, and is correlated with tumor development and …

[HTML][HTML] Structure-guided optimization of 3-hydroxybenzoisoxazole derivatives as inhibitors of Aldo-keto reductase 1C3 (AKR1C3) to target prostate cancer

AC Pippione, S Kovachka, C Vigato, L Bertarini… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
AKR1C3 is an enzyme that is overexpressed in several types of radiotherapy-and
chemotherapy-resistant cancers. Despite AKR1C3 is a validated target for drug …

Novel NRF2‐activated cancer treatments utilizing synthetic lethality

L Baird, TW Kensler, M Yamamoto - IUBMB life, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The KEAP1‐NRF2 pathway regulates the main inducible cellular response to oxidative and
electrophilic stresses. Activating mutations in the KEAP1‐NRF2 pathway occur commonly in …

The complexity of the tumor microenvironment and its role in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: implications for therapies

C Simioni, I Conti, G Varano, C Brenna… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The microenvironment that surrounds a tumor, in addition to the tumor itself, plays an
important role in the onset of resistance to molecularly targeted therapies. Cancer cells and …

Aldo-keto reductase 1C3 mediates chemotherapy resistance in esophageal adenocarcinoma via ROS detoxification

C Zhou, Z Wang, J Li, X Wu, N Fan, D Li, F Liu… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The multidrug resistance of EAC is one of the major obstacles to
chemotherapeutic efficiency. Our study aims to explore the molecular mechanism of …