Akt inhibitors in clinical development for the treatment of cancer

SK Pal, K Reckamp, H Yu, RA Figlin - Expert opinion on …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Importance of the field: The evolution of targeted therapies is dependent upon identification
of cellular moieties that can be pharmacologically modulated. As one such example, the …

A systematic molecular and pharmacologic evaluation of AKT inhibitors reveals new insight into their biological activity

E Kostaras, T Kaserer, G Lazaro, SF Heuss… - British Journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Background AKT, a critical effector of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) signalling
cascade, is an intensely pursued therapeutic target in oncology. Two distinct classes of AKT …

Akt inhibitors in cancer treatment: The long journey from drug discovery to clinical use

GM Nitulescu, D Margina… - International …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
Targeted cancer therapies are used to inhibit the growth, progression, and metastasis of the
tumor by interfering with specific molecular targets and are currently the focus of anticancer …

Clinical development of AKT inhibitors and associated predictive biomarkers to guide patient treatment in cancer medicine

N Coleman, JT Moyers, A Harbery… - Pharmacogenomics …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The serine/threonine kinase AKT is a critical effector of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)
signaling cascade and has a pivotal role in cell growth, proliferation, survival, and …

The Akt pathway in oncology therapy and beyond

GM Nitulescu, M Van De Venter… - International …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Protein kinase B (Akt), similar to many other protein kinases, is at the crossroads of cell
death and survival, playing a pivotal role in multiple interconnected cell signaling …

Recent progress in the discovery of Akt inhibitors as anticancer agents

Q Li - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Akt, also referred to as protein kinase B (PKB) or Related to A and C (RAC), is one of the
major direct downstream targets of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K). As it plays a central …

Discovery and preclinical pharmacology of a selective ATP-competitive Akt inhibitor (GDC-0068) for the treatment of human tumors

JF Blake, R Xu, JR Bencsik, D Xiao… - Journal of medicinal …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The discovery and optimization of a series of 6, 7-dihydro-5 H-cyclopenta [d] pyrimidine
compounds that are ATP-competitive, selective inhibitors of protein kinase B/Akt is reported …

Akt pathway inhibitors

NE Uko, OF Güner, DF Matesic… - Current topics in …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Cancer is a devastating disease that has plagued humans from ancient times to this day.
After decades of slow research progress, promising drug development, and the identification …

The Akt/PKB pathway: molecular target for cancer drug discovery

JQ Cheng, CW Lindsley, GZ Cheng, H Yang… - Oncogene, 2005 - nature.com
The serine/threonine kinase Akt/PKB pathway presents an exciting new target for molecular
therapeutics, as it functions as a cardinal nodal point for transducing extracellular (growth …

Targeting AKT for cancer therapy

M Shariati, F Meric-Bernstam - Expert opinion on investigational …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Targeted therapies in cancer aim to inhibit specific molecular targets
responsible for enhanced tumor growth. AKT/PKB (protein kinase B) is a serine threonine …