Therapeutic targeting of the IGF axis

E Osher, VM Macaulay - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The insulin like growth factor (IGF) axis plays a fundamental role in normal growth and
development, and when deregulated makes an important contribution to disease. Here, we …

Targeting cell cycle regulators in hematologic malignancies

E Aleem, RJ Arceci - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Hematologic malignancies represent the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer in
economically developed countries. In hematologic malignancies normal hematopoiesis is …

Drug-repurposing screen on patient-derived organoids identifies therapy-induced vulnerability in KRAS-mutant colon cancer

S Mertens, MA Huismans, CS Verissimo, B Ponsioen… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Patient-derived organoids (PDOs) are widely heralded as a drug-screening platform to
develop new anti-cancer therapies. Here, we use a drug-repurposing library to screen PDOs …

Mitotic catastrophe and cancer drug resistance: A link that must to be broken

TV Denisenko, IV Sorokina, V Gogvadze… - Drug Resistance …, 2016 - Elsevier
An increased tendency of genomic alterations during the life cycle of cells leads to genomic
instability, which is a major driving force for tumorigenesis. A considerable fraction of tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Disulfiram/copper markedly induced myeloma cell apoptosis through activation of JNK and intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways

Y Xu, Q Zhou, X Feng, Y Dai, Y Jiang, W Jiang… - Biomedicine & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Disulfiram (DSF) is an FDA approved anti-alcoholism drug in use for more than 60 years.
Recently, antitumor activity of the DSF/copper (DSF/Cu) complex has been identified. Its anti …

Mini review: molecular interpretation of the IGF/IGF-1R axis in cancer treatment and stem cells-based therapy in regenerative medicine

SL Lin, CY Lin, W Lee, CF Teng, WC Shyu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In addition to the fundamental role of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)/IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R)
signaling dysregulation in cancer initiation and proliferation, the IGF/IGF-1R signaling also …

Disulfiram overcomes bortezomib and cytarabine resistance in Down-syndrome-associated acute myeloid leukemia cells

R Bista, DW Lee, OB Pepper, DO Azorsa… - Journal of Experimental …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Children with Down syndrome (DS) have increased risk for developing
AML (DS-AMKL), and they usually experience severe therapy-related toxicities compared to …

Nuclear insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor phosphorylates proliferating cell nuclear antigen and rescues stalled replication forks after DNA damage

A Waraky, Y Lin, D Warsito, F Haglund, E Aleem… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
We have previously shown that the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R)
translocates to the cell nucleus, where it binds to enhancer-like regions and increases gene …

[HTML][HTML] Phase I clinical trial of AXL1717 for treatment of relapsed malignant astrocytomas: Analysis of dose and response

R Aiken, M Axelson, J Harmenberg, M Klockare… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Phase I clinical trial of AXL1717 for treatment of relapsed malignant astrocytomas: analysis of
dose and response - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo Access keys NCBI …

PDGFR and IGF-1R inhibitors induce a G2/M arrest and subsequent cell death in human glioblastoma cell lines

E Carrasco-Garcia, I Martinez-Lacaci, L Mayor-López… - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Glioblastomas are highly resistant to radiation and chemotherapy. Currently, there are no
effective therapies for this type of tumor. Signaling mechanisms initiated by PDGFR and IGF …