Recent developments in epigenetic cancer therapeutics: clinical advancement and emerging trends

K Nepali, JP Liou - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetic drug discovery field has evidenced significant advancement in the recent times.
A plethora of small molecule inhibitors have progressed to clinical stage investigations and …

Recent progress on tubulin inhibitors with dual targeting capabilities for cancer therapy

W Shuai, G Wang, Y Zhang, F Bu, S Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microtubules play a crucial role in multiple cellular functions including mitosis, cell signaling,
and organelle trafficking, which makes the microtubule an important target for cancer …

Recent progress on HDAC inhibitors with dual targeting capabilities for cancer treatment

X Peng, Z Sun, P Kuang, J Chen - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are a class of enzymes that remove acetyl from the ε-N-
acetyl lysine of histones, allowing histones to wrap DNA more tightly. HDACs play an …

Are inhibitors of histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) effective in hematological cancers especially acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) …

SA Amin, S Khatun, S Gayen, S Das, T Jha - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) aberrantly deacetylates histone and non-histone
proteins. These include structural maintenance of chromosome 3 (SMC3) cohesin protein …

Comprehensive review for anticancer hybridized multitargeting HDAC inhibitors

AKA Bass, MS El-Zoghbi, ESM Nageeb… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the encouraging clinical progress of chemotherapeutic agents in cancer treatment,
innovation and development of new effective anticancer candidates still represents a …

Kinase and histone deacetylase hybrid inhibitors for cancer therapy

Y Luan, J Li, JA Bernatchez, R Li - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Histone deacetylases (HDACs), encompassing at least 18 members, are promising targets
for anticancer drug discovery and development. To date, five histone deacetylase inhibitors …

Discovery of novel quinoline–chalcone derivatives as potent antitumor agents with microtubule polymerization inhibitory activity

W Li, F Xu, W Shuai, H Sun, H Yao, C Ma… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A series of novel quinoline–chalcone derivatives were designed, synthesized, and
evaluated for their antiproliferative activity. Among them, compound 24d exhibited the most …

Dual inhibitors of histone deacetylases and other cancer-related targets: A pharmacological perspective

Y Gao, H Zhang, F Lirussi, C Garrido, XY Ye… - Biochemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epigenetic enzymes histone deacetylases (HDACs) are clinically validated anticancer drug
targets which have been studied intensively in the past few decades. Although several drugs …

Epigenetic polypharmacology: A new frontier for epi‐drug discovery

D Tomaselli, A Lucidi, D Rotili… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, despite the great success achieved by the so‐called “magic bullets” in the
treatment of different diseases through a marked and specific interaction with the target of …

Current trends in development of HDAC-based chemotherapeutics

N Cheshmazar, M Hamzeh-Mivehroud, HN Charoudeh… - Life Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are one of the essential epigenetic
targets in cancer treatment. These enzymes play key roles in post-translation modification …