Molecular targeted therapy for anticancer treatment

HY Min, HY Lee - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Since the initial clinical approval in the late 1990s and remarkable anticancer effects for
certain types of cancer, molecular targeted therapy utilizing small molecule agents or …

Targeting gatekeeper mutations for kinase drug discovery

Y Zhou, S Xiang, F Yang, X Lu - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Clinically acquired resistance is a major challenge in cancer therapies with small-molecule
kinase inhibitors (SMKIs). Gatekeeper mutations in the ATP-binding pocket of kinases are …

Preclinical characterization of pirtobrutinib, a highly selective, noncovalent (reversible) BTK inhibitor

EB Gomez, K Ebata, HS Randeria… - Blood, The Journal …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, is a major therapeutic target for
B-cell–driven malignancies. However, approved covalent BTK inhibitors (cBTKis) are …

Kinase-impaired BTK mutations are susceptible to clinical-stage BTK and IKZF1/3 degrader NX-2127

S Montoya, J Bourcier, M Noviski, H Lu, MC Thompson… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Increasing use of covalent and noncovalent inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) has
elucidated a series of acquired drug-resistant BTK mutations in patients with B cell …

Pirtobrutinib targets BTK C481S in ibrutinib-resistant CLL but second-site BTK mutations lead to resistance

A Naeem, F Utro, Q Wang, J Cha, M Vihinen… - Blood …, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Covalent inhibitors of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) have transformed the therapy of chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but continuous therapy has been complicated by the …

Pirtobrutinib inhibits wild-type and mutant Bruton's tyrosine kinase-mediated signaling in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

B Aslan, G Kismali, LR Iles, GC Manyam… - Blood cancer …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Pirtobrutinib (LOXO-305), a reversible inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK),
was designed as an alternative strategy to treat ibrutinib-resistant disease that develops due …

The role of Bruton's kinase inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: current status and future directions

T Robak, M Witkowska, P Smolewski - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The availability of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib has
undoubtedly reshaped the initial management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) …

Managing Waldenström's macroglobulinemia with BTK inhibitors

C Buske, W Jurczak, JE Salem, MA Dimopoulos - Leukemia, 2023 - nature.com
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibition is one of the treatment standards for patients with
relapsed/refractory Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM) and for patients with WM who …

Medicinal chemistry strategies for the development of Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors against resistance

SL Sun, SH Wu, JB Kang, YY Ma, L Chen… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Despite significant efficacy, one of the major limitations of small-molecule Bruton's tyrosine
kinase (BTK) agents is the presence of clinically acquired resistance, which remains a major …

Structure-function relationships of covalent and non-covalent BTK inhibitors

R Zain, M Vihinen - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Low-molecular weight chemical compounds have a longstanding history as drugs. Target
specificity and binding efficiency represent major obstacles for small molecules to become …